GLADE GARDENS, WV4 4AE House Prices & Local Information

WV4 4AE is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Glade Gardens, 0.5km from Merry Hill in Wolverhampton. Administratively it sits within Merry Hill ward and the Wolverhampton South West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WV4 4AE is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. By day, the area transitions to a teachers and carers in metro suburbs character: ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. With residents averaging 33 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 48% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 38% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Wolverhampton. Full-time employment stands at 21% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £207k. 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 WV4 4AE are sourced from Output Area E00052984 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.