WV5 9AE

Wombourne North · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wolverhampton
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Postcode district
WV5
Postcode sector
WV5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV5 9BB 49 m
WV5 9AB 100 m
WV5 9BD 108 m
WV5 9BA 110 m
WV5 9AG 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV5 9AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV5
Postcode sector
WV5 9
Latitude
52.543103
Longitude
-2.190931
British National Grid easting
387,148
British National Grid northing
293,932

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008982
Output area
E00151202
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 013C · E01029672
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 013 · E02006186

Postcode source versions

Explore WV5

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Bratch Hollow, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 9AE 17 January 2025 £635,000
6, Bratch Hollow, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 9AE 17 October 2024 £555,000
1, Bratch Hollow, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 9AE 10 July 2017 £420,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
26
Secondary
6
  1. St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    768 m
  2. Westfield Primary School

    Community school

    852 m
  3. Wombourne High School

    Academy sponsor led

    913 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
471
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 197
  • Anti social behaviour 57
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Public order 41
  • Other theft 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

4 female, 8 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.0
WV5 9 residents
3,315

Age bands in WV5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

411 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

314 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.5%

522 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

898 residents

Age 65 and over
32.1%

1,015 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV5 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

8

within 5 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    1.1 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    1.2 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

    WARSTONES HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GROVE, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4PS

    ODS code M92006

    3.3 km

  • RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY

    ODS code M92011

    3.4 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    4.0 km

  • NORTHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    7-8 ALDERWOOD PRECINCT, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3QY

    ODS code M87037

    4.1 km

  • PENN SURGERY

    2A COALWAY ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 7LX

    ODS code M92043

    4.2 km

  • THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY

    175 THE RIDGEWAY, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3UH

    ODS code M87007

    4.8 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

  • Meadow Lane

    BCT · Wombourne

    0.2 miles
  • Meadow Lane

    BCT · Wombourne

    0.2 miles
  • Bullmeadow Lane

    BCT · Ounsdale

    0.3 miles
  • Bullmeadow Lane

    BCT · Ounsdale

    0.3 miles
  • The New Inn

    BCT · Wombourne

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 013C, 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

30,025 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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
6
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 £595,000 from 2 recorded sales in WV5 9AE. 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 768 m.

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

Recorded crime

471 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 197 events.

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