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WS3 2TJ

Essington · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Wolverhampton
Ward
Essington
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
Postcode district
WS3
Postcode sector
WS3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS3 3UT 77 m
WS3 3UW 85 m
WS3 2PL 140 m
WS3 3UR 175 m
WS3 2PR 176 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS3 2TJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS3
Postcode sector
WS3 2
Latitude
52.628938
Longitude
-2.019039
British National Grid easting
398,808
British National Grid northing
303,463

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Electoral ward
Essington · E05015058
Parish or community
E04008964
Westminster constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge · E14001523
Output area
E00150985
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 007A · E01029632
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 007 · E02006180

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Broad Lane Poultry Farm, Broad Lane, Essington, Wolverhampton, WS3 2TJ 18 March 2025 £750,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
80
Primary
54
Secondary
8

  1. Abbey Primary School

    Academy converter

    618 m

  2. Jubilee Academy Mossley

    Academy converter

    900 m

  3. Lower Farm Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,353
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 525
  • Shoplifting 231
  • Criminal damage and arson 142
  • Other theft 89
  • Vehicle crime 83

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

1 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.3
WS3 2 residents
14,031

Age bands in WS3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.7%

2,982 residents

Age 15 to 24
12%

1,654 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

3,494 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.3%

3,477 residents

Age 65 and over
15.6%

2,152 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS3 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+
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

26

within 5 km

  • MOSSLEY & DUDLEY FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    3 FISHER ROAD, MOSSLEY, WALSALL, WS3 2TA

    ODS code M91029

    866 m

  • LOWER FARM HEALTH CENTRE

    109 BUXTON ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3RT

    ODS code M91623

    1.4 km

  • BLOXWICH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3JP

    ODS code M91034

    2.1 km

  • KHAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP

    ODS code M91602

    2.1 km

  • PILLAI

    THE PINFOLD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP

    ODS code M91647

    2.1 km

  • PINFOLD MEDICAL

    PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP

    ODS code M91650

    2.1 km

  • ST MARY'S SURGERY

    FIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3JP

    ODS code M91612

    2.1 km

  • SINA HEALTH CENTRE

    230 COPPICE FARM WAY, NEW INVENTION, WILLENHALL, WV12 5XZ

    ODS code M91003

    2.3 km

  • ESSINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    HOBNOCK ROAD, ESSINGTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2RF

    ODS code Y02594

    2.6 km

  • NEW INVENTION HEALTH CENTRE

    66 CANNOCK ROAD, NEW INVENTION, WILLENHALL, WV12 5RZ

    ODS code M91016

    2.6 km

  • HARDEN BLAKENALL

    BLAKENHALL VILLAGE CENTRE, THAMES ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 1LZ

    ODS code Y02627

    2.7 km

  • ASHMORE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    GRIFFITHS DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2LH

    ODS code M92022

    3.1 km

  • QUINTON PRACTICE

    WARDLES LANE, GREAT WYRLEY, WALSALL, WS6 6EW

    ODS code M83608

    3.1 km

  • HARDEN HEALTH CENTRE

    HARDEN ROAD, LEAMORE, WALSALL, WS3 1ET

    ODS code M91036

    3.2 km

  • SOUTHFIELD WAY SURGERY

    2A SOUTHFIELD WAY, GREAT WYRLEY, WALSALL, WS6 6JZ

    ODS code M83698

    3.3 km

  • BEECHDALE CENTRE

    EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS

    ODS code M91611

    3.4 km

  • CHAPEL STREET SURGERY

    1 CHAPEL STREET, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS3 4LN

    ODS code M91024

    3.4 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    HIGH STREET, PELSALL, WALSALL, WS3 4LX

    ODS code M91654

    3.4 km

  • GRIFFITHS DRIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    75 GRIFFITHS DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2JN

    ODS code M92026

    3.5 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, CHESLYN HAY, WALSALL, WS6 7AB

    ODS code M83016

    3.6 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

  • Tintern Crescent

    BCT · Mossley

    0.2 miles

  • Gleneagles Road

    BCT · Mossley

    0.2 miles

  • Gleneagles Road

    BCT · Mossley

    0.2 miles

  • Sunningdale Way

    BCT · Wallington Heath

    0.2 miles

  • Sunningdale Way

    BCT · Wallington Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 007A, 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

20,449 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £750,000 from 1 recorded sale in WS3 2TJ. 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

80 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 8 secondary schools. Abbey Primary School is the nearest published school at 618 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,353 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 525 events.

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