DY5 2EL

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood · Dudley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brierley Hill
Local authority
Dudley
Constituency
Halesowen
Postcode district
DY5
Postcode sector
DY5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY5 2EP 93 m
DY5 2EH 111 m
DY5 2ER 121 m
DY5 2EN 122 m
DY5 2HQ 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY5 2EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY5
Postcode sector
DY5 2
Latitude
52.463503
Longitude
-2.107955
British National Grid easting
392,762
British National Grid northing
285,066

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Dudley · E08000027
Parish or community
E43000181
Westminster constituency
Halesowen · E14001261
Output area
E00049926
Lower layer super output area
Dudley 025D · E01009867
Middle layer super output area
Dudley 025 · E02002024

Postcode source versions

Explore DY5

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Simeons Walk, Brierley Hill, DY5 2EL 7 August 2023 £372,500
9, Simeons Walk, Brierley Hill, DY5 2EL 28 February 2023 £200,000
11, Simeons Walk, Brierley Hill, DY5 2EL 1 June 2021 £120,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
84
Primary
58
Secondary
13
  1. The Old Park School

    Community special school

    556 m
  2. Thorns Primary School

    Academy converter

    625 m
  3. Thorns Collegiate Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    779 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,339
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,010
  • Shoplifting 207
  • Criminal damage and arson 197
  • Vehicle crime 159
  • Burglary 149

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

20 female, 22 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.6
DY5 2 residents
13,631

Age bands in DY5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

2,072 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,476 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

3,320 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

3,674 residents

Age 65 and over
20.8%

2,770 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DY5 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

26

within 5 km

  • THE LIMES SURGERY MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 HIGH STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8LL

    ODS code M87019

    828 m

  • CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    87 CHAPEL STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8BT

    ODS code M87628

    923 m

  • THORNS ROAD SURGERY

    43 THORNS ROAD, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2JS

    ODS code M87638

    955 m

  • PEDMORE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    22 PEDMORE ROAD, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8DJ

    ODS code M87030

    1.0 km

  • QUARRY BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    165 HIGH STREET, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2AE

    ODS code M87027

    1.0 km

  • QUINCY RISE SURGERY

    30 SANDRINGHAM WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3JR

    ODS code M87618

    1.5 km

  • DUDLEY WOOD SURGERY

    10 QUARRY ROAD, DUDLEY WOOD, DUDLEY, DY2 0EF

    ODS code Y02212

    1.9 km

  • HIGH OAK SURGERY

    B/HILL H & S CARE CENTRE, VENTURE WAY, PENSNETT, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU

    ODS code Y02653

    2.1 km

  • THE WATERFRONT SURGERY

    BRIERLEY HILL HSCC, VENTURE WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU

    ODS code M87010

    2.1 km

  • AW SURGERIES

    ALBION HOUSE, ALBION STREET, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3EE

    ODS code M87009

    2.3 km

  • HADEN VALE SURGERY

    50 BARRS ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 7HG

    ODS code M88043

    2.4 km

  • WYCHBURY MEDICAL GROUP

    121 OAKFIELD ROAD, WOLLESCOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 9DS

    ODS code M87024

    2.4 km

  • THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHSCC, JOHN CORBETT DRIVE, AMBLECOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 4HZ

    ODS code M87005

    2.8 km

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    239 HALESOWEN ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JE

    ODS code M88030

    3.1 km

  • MEADOWBROOK SURGERY

    4 MEADOWBROOK ROAD, HALESOWEN, B63 1AB

    ODS code M87001

    3.1 km

  • OLD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIEST HOUSE, PRIEST STREET, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JN

    ODS code M88016

    3.1 km

  • ALEXANDRA MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 SHORT STREET, HALESOWEN, B63 3UH

    ODS code M87623

    3.2 km

  • ANCHOR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU

    ODS code M87028

    3.4 km

  • LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU

    ODS code M87617

    3.4 km

  • LION HEALTH

    2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS

    ODS code M87011

    3.4 km

Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Stour Hill

    BCT · Netherend

    0.3 miles
  • Stour Hill

    BCT · Netherend

    0.3 miles
  • Thorns Primary School

    BCT · Lye

    0.3 miles
  • Thorns Primary School

    BCT · Lye

    0.3 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Netherend

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 025D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,327 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £286,250 from 2 recorded sales in DY5 2EL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dudley is £230,781 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

84 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 13 secondary schools. The Old Park School is the nearest published school at 556 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,339 published events cover 12 months, averaging 194.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,010 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.