DY6 0BH

Himley & Swindon · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kingswinford
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Postcode district
DY6
Postcode sector
DY6 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY6 0BA 345 m
DY6 0BJ 445 m
DY3 4NX 501 m
DY6 0BB 510 m
DY3 4NU 547 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY6 0BH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY6
Postcode sector
DY6 0
Latitude
52.509040
Longitude
-2.196176
British National Grid easting
386,782
British National Grid northing
290,144

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008979
Output area
E00151049
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 013A · E01029645
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 013 · E02006186

Postcode source versions

Explore DY6

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Mill House, Hinksford Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 0BH 10 April 2025 £385,000
The Mill House, Hinksford Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 0BH 13 March 2025 £312,000
Canal Cottage, Hinksford Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 0BH 19 March 2021 £635,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
22
Secondary
6
  1. St John's CofE (C) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    881 m
  2. Maidensbridge Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
251
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 110
  • Other theft 38
  • Vehicle crime 29
  • Burglary 19
  • Public order 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

6 female, 18 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
4.0
DY6 0 residents
4,175

Age bands in DY6 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

556 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

402 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

786 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,175 residents

Age 65 and over
27.3%

1,095 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DY6 0 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+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • MOSS GROVE SURGERY

    15 MOSS GROVE, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9HS

    ODS code M87003

    2.1 km

  • THE SUMMERHILL SURGERY

    SUMMERHILL, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9JG

    ODS code M87018

    2.2 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    2.7 km

  • KINGSWINFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KINGSWINFORD HEALTH CENTRE, STANDHILLS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8DN

    ODS code M87008

    2.7 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    2.9 km

  • WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD

    ODS code M87023

    3.8 km

  • RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY

    33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN

    ODS code M87041

    4.0 km

  • LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER GORNAL HEALTH CENTRE, BULL STREET, GORNAL WOOD, DUDLEY, DY3 2NQ

    ODS code M87015

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Hinksford View

    BCT · Swindon

    0.1 miles
  • Hinksford Arms PH

    BCT · Hinksford

    0.2 miles
  • Hinksford Arms PH

    BCT · Hinksford

    0.3 miles
  • Hinksford Gardens

    BCT · Swindon

    0.3 miles
  • Hinksford Gardens

    BCT · Swindon

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 013A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,881 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
Low risk addresses
0
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 £348,500 from 2 recorded sales in DY6 0BH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Staffordshire is £310,258 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 6 secondary schools. St John's CofE (C) Primary School is the nearest published school at 881 m.

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

Recorded crime

251 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 110 events.

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