BLACKTHORN ROAD, DY8 5XG House Prices & Local Information

DY8 5XG is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Blackthorn Road, 0.3km from Audnam in Kingswinford. Administratively it sits within Brierley Hill ward and the Dudley South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DY8 5XG is a transitional terrace area — improving but still facing economic pressures. The daytime character shifts — manufacturing, energy and utilities. An average age of 32 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 56% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 24 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £190k. 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 DY8 5XG are sourced from Output Area E00049308 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.