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DY6 8JA

Wordsley North · Dudley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY6 8JD 41 m
DY6 8HY 83 m
DY6 9PB 97 m
DY6 8JE 119 m
DY6 8HZ 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY6 8JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY6
Postcode sector
DY6 8
Latitude
52.487535
Longitude
-2.161045
British National Grid easting
389,161
British National Grid northing
287,746

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Dudley · E08000027
Electoral ward
Wordsley North · E05015926
Parish or community
E43000181
Westminster constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · E14001316
Output area
E00050155
Lower layer super output area
Dudley 021B · E01009912
Middle layer super output area
Dudley 021 · E02002020

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
161, Ulster Drive, Kingswinford, DY6 8JA 3 October 2025 £355,000
83, Ulster Drive, Kingswinford, DY6 8JA 22 January 2025 £280,000
139, Ulster Drive, Kingswinford, DY6 8JA 25 June 2021 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
60
Primary
41
Secondary
11

  1. Fairhaven Primary School

    Academy converter

    506 m

  2. Bromley Hills Primary School

    Community school

    560 m

  3. The Brier School

    Academy special converter

    656 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,630
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 688
  • Shoplifting 232
  • Vehicle crime 143
  • Criminal damage and arson 124
  • Burglary 106

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
83

40 female, 43 male

Postcode households
34
Residents per household
2.4
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 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DY6 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

NHS ODS

GP practices

20

within 5 km

  • RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY

    33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN

    ODS code M87041

    769 m

  • WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD

    ODS code M87023

    809 m

  • KINGSWINFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87008

    1.2 km

  • THE SUMMERHILL SURGERY

    SUMMERHILL, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9JG

    ODS code M87018

    1.2 km

  • MOSS GROVE SURGERY

    15 MOSS GROVE, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9HS

    ODS code M87003

    1.4 km

  • THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87005

    2.6 km

  • AW SURGERIES

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

    ODS code M87009

    2.7 km

  • LION HEALTH

    2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS

    ODS code M87011

    2.9 km

  • HIGH OAK SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02653

    3.0 km

  • THE WATERFRONT SURGERY

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

    ODS code M87010

    3.0 km

  • QUINCY RISE SURGERY

    30 SANDRINGHAM WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3JR

    ODS code M87618

    3.1 km

  • LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87015

    3.7 km

  • THORNS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M87638

    3.9 km

  • KEELINGE HOUSE

    176 STOURBRIDGE ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2ER

    ODS code M87601

    3.9 km

  • CASTLE MEADOWS SURGERY

    100 MILKING BANK, DUDLEY, DY1 2TY

    ODS code M87620

    4.3 km

  • QUARRY BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M87027

    4.4 km

  • PEDMORE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    22 PEDMORE ROAD, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8DJ

    ODS code M87030

    4.5 km

  • THE LIMES SURGERY MEDICAL CENTRE

    172 HIGH STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8LL

    ODS code M87019

    4.7 km

  • CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    87 CHAPEL STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8BT

    ODS code M87628

    4.7 km

  • DUDLEY WOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02212

    4.8 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

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

Nearby transport

  • Marshall Crescent

    BCT · Wordsley

    0.1 miles

  • Marshall Crescent

    BCT · Wordsley

    0.1 miles

  • Stream Road

    BCT · Wordsley

    0.1 miles

  • Stream Road

    BCT · Wordsley

    0.1 miles

  • Oakfields Avenue

    BCT · Wordsley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 021B, 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

29,686 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
9 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £317,500 from 2 recorded sales in DY6 8JA. 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

Published establishments

60 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 11 secondary schools. Fairhaven Primary School is the nearest published school at 506 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,630 published events cover 12 months, averaging 135.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 688 events.

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