WV6 7EX

Perton Wrottesley · 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
WV6
Postcode sector
WV6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV6 7EU 241 m
WV6 7BF 263 m
WV4 4XJ 481 m
WV4 4XL 570 m
WV4 4XH 744 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV6 7EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV6
Postcode sector
WV6 7
Latitude
52.572113
Longitude
-2.226691
British National Grid easting
384,733
British National Grid northing
297,166

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008976
Output area
E00151131
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015C · E01029661
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015 · E02006982

Postcode source versions

Explore WV6

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Forge Cottage, Shop Lane, Trescott, Wolverhampton, WV6 7EX 1 October 2012 £240,000
Forge Cottage, Shop Lane, Trescott, Wolverhampton, WV6 7EX 24 February 2004 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
17
Secondary
7
  1. Wightwick Hall School

    Academy special converter

    2.2 km
  2. Smestow Academy

    Academy converter

    3.0 km
  3. Bhylls Acre Primary School

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    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
WV6 7 residents
12,579

Age bands in WV6 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,913 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

1,153 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

2,831 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

3,688 residents

Age 65 and over
24.4%

3,090 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV6 7 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

5

within 5 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    2.6 km

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    3.0 km

  • LAKESIDE

    LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7PD

    ODS code M83132

    3.0 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92006

    4.0 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    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

  • Shop Lane

    BCT · Trescott

    0.1 miles
  • Furnace Grange Road

    BCT · Trescott

    0.2 miles
  • The Garden Village

    BCT · Trescott

    0.8 miles
  • The Garden Village

    BCT · Trescott

    0.9 miles
  • Perton Court Cottages

    BCT · Wightwick

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 015C, 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

28,395 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 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
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

31 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 7 secondary schools. Wightwick Hall School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 1 events.

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