MARTLEY ROAD, B69 1DY House Prices & Local Information

B69 1DY is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Martley Road, 0.6km from Portway in Oldbury (Sandwell). Administratively it sits within Langley ward and the Warley constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B69 1DY is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 41) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 45% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 24% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £195k. 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 B69 1DY are sourced from Output Area E00050227 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.