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DY6 8AU

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath · Dudley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kingswinford
Ward
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath
Local authority
Dudley
Constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Postcode district
DY6
Postcode sector
DY6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY6 8AX 46 m
DY6 8AY 92 m
DY6 8BG 104 m
DY6 8AT 107 m
DY6 8AZ 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY6 8AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY6
Postcode sector
DY6 8
Latitude
52.500708
Longitude
-2.158898
British National Grid easting
389,310
British National Grid northing
289,211

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Dudley · E08000027
Electoral ward
Kingswinford North & Wall Heath · E05015914
Parish or community
E43000181
Westminster constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · E14001316
Output area
E00049666
Lower layer super output area
Dudley 012A · E01009816
Middle layer super output area
Dudley 012 · E02002011

Postcode source versions

Explore DY6

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
66, High Street, Kingswinford, DY6 8AU 16 May 1997 £82,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
65
Primary
42
Secondary
13

  1. Blanford Mere Primary School

    Community school

    302 m

  2. Kingswinford Academy

    Academy converter

    531 m

  3. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    574 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,317
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 527
  • Shoplifting 139
  • Vehicle crime 128
  • Criminal damage and arson 108
  • Other theft 96

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
DY6 8 residents
10,832

Age bands in DY6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

1,515 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,090 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

2,254 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

2,894 residents

Age 65 and over
24.6%

2,534 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DY6 8 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

24

within 5 km straight-line

  • KINGSWINFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87008

    297 m

  • MOSS GROVE SURGERY

    15 MOSS GROVE, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9HS

    ODS code M87003

    780 m

  • THE SUMMERHILL SURGERY

    SUMMERHILL, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9JG

    ODS code M87018

    981 m

  • RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY

    33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN

    ODS code M87041

    1.6 km

  • WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD

    ODS code M87023

    2.3 km

  • LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87015

    2.5 km

  • CASTLE MEADOWS SURGERY

    100 MILKING BANK, DUDLEY, DY1 2TY

    ODS code M87620

    3.2 km

  • AW SURGERIES

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

    ODS code M87009

    3.2 km

  • KEELINGE HOUSE

    176 STOURBRIDGE ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2ER

    ODS code M87601

    3.5 km

  • HIGH OAK SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02653

    3.5 km

  • THE WATERFRONT SURGERY

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

    ODS code M87010

    3.5 km

  • THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87005

    4.0 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    4.1 km

  • TANDON MEDICAL CENTRE (ORAM & PARTNERS)

    KENT STREET, DUDLEY, DY3 1UX

    ODS code M87013

    4.2 km

  • QUINCY RISE SURGERY

    30 SANDRINGHAM WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3JR

    ODS code M87618

    4.2 km

  • LION HEALTH

    2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS

    ODS code M87011

    4.4 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    4.4 km

  • EVE HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    29-53 HIMLEY ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2QD

    ODS code M87006

    4.4 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE1

    MALTHOUSE DRIVE, DUDLEY, DY1 2BY

    ODS code M87612

    4.4 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE2

    MALTHOUSE DRIVE, DUDLEY, DY1 2BY

    ODS code M87026

    4.4 km

Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • The Village

    BCT · Kingswinford

    0.1 miles

  • The Village

    BCT · Kingswinford

    0.1 miles

  • Standhills Road

    BCT · Kingswinford

    0.1 miles

  • Kingswinford Health Centre

    BCT · Kingswinford

    0.2 miles

  • Larch Road

    BCT · Kingswinford

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 012A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,425 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
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

Schools

65 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 13 secondary schools. Blanford Mere Primary School is the nearest published school at 302 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,317 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 527 events.

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