DY6 9BL

Kingswinford North & Wall Heath · Dudley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kingswinford
Local authority
Dudley
Postcode district
DY6
Postcode sector
DY6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY6 9DQ 69 m
DY6 9BQ 75 m
DY6 9AZ 118 m
DY6 0ES 126 m
DY6 9BN 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY6 9BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY6
Postcode sector
DY6 9
Latitude
52.501477
Longitude
-2.180748
British National Grid easting
387,827
British National Grid northing
289,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Dudley · E08000027
Parish or community
E43000181
Output area
E00049673
Lower layer super output area
Dudley 014B · E01009815
Middle layer super output area
Dudley 014 · E02002013

Postcode source versions

Explore DY6

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
29, Carnforth Close, Kingswinford, DY6 9BL 4 February 2025 £320,250
12, Carnforth Close, Kingswinford, DY6 9BL 22 September 2021 £444,000
31, Carnforth Close, Kingswinford, DY6 9BL 27 August 2021 £345,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
31
Secondary
7
  1. Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    473 m
  2. Dawley Brook Primary School

    Community school

    483 m
  3. Summerhill School

    Community school

    709 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
673
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 262
  • Shoplifting 74
  • Vehicle crime 70
  • Other theft 60
  • Burglary 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

26 female, 29 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.4
DY6 9 residents
8,639

Age bands in DY6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

1,147 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

805 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,481 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

2,348 residents

Age 65 and over
31.2%

2,626 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DY6 9 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

15

within 5 km

  • MOSS GROVE SURGERY

    15 MOSS GROVE, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9HS

    ODS code M87003

    800 m

  • THE SUMMERHILL SURGERY

    SUMMERHILL, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9JG

    ODS code M87018

    830 m

  • KINGSWINFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87008

    1.4 km

  • WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD

    ODS code M87023

    2.6 km

  • RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY

    33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN

    ODS code M87041

    2.6 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    3.6 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    3.7 km

  • LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87015

    3.7 km

  • AW SURGERIES

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

    ODS code M87009

    4.5 km

  • CASTLE MEADOWS SURGERY

    100 MILKING BANK, DUDLEY, DY1 2TY

    ODS code M87620

    4.5 km

  • THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M87005

    4.6 km

  • LION HEALTH

    2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS

    ODS code M87011

    4.8 km

  • HIGH OAK SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02653

    4.8 km

  • THE WATERFRONT SURGERY

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

    ODS code M87010

    4.8 km

  • KEELINGE HOUSE

    176 STOURBRIDGE ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2ER

    ODS code M87601

    5.0 km

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Lynwood Avenue

    BCT · Wall Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Meadfoot Drive

    BCT · Wall Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Foundry Street

    BCT · Wall Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Foundry Street

    BCT · Wall Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Blaze Park

    BCT · Wall Heath

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 014B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,224 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £345,000 from 3 recorded sales in DY6 9BL. 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 7 secondary schools. Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 473 m.

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

Recorded crime

673 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 262 events.

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