PRINCE RUPERT ROAD, WR5 1AF House Prices & Local Information

WR5 1AF is an up-and-coming urban area on Prince Rupert Road, 0.2km from Sidbury in Worcester. Administratively it sits within Cathedral ward and the Worcester constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. During the day, areas dominated by food and entertainment. A balanced community with an average age of 37 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 49% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are high (199 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: With prices averaging £180k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 4.1% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for WR5 1AF are sourced from Output Area E00164701 (shared with 14 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.