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WV6 7GX

Perton Lakeside · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Perton Lakeside
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Postcode district
WV6
Postcode sector
WV6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV6 7XY 25 m
WV6 7UH 52 m
WV6 7XP 107 m
WV6 7TY 138 m
WV6 7UJ 147 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV6 7GX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
1 December 1997
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV6
Postcode sector
WV6 7
Latitude
52.593147
Longitude
-2.213101
British National Grid easting
385,661
British National Grid northing
299,503

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Electoral ward
Perton Lakeside · E05015070
Parish or community
E04008976
Westminster constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · E14001316
Output area
E00151145
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015E · E01029663
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015 · E02006982

Postcode source versions

Explore WV6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
25
Secondary
11

  1. Perton First School

    Community school

    799 m

  2. Perton Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. Wightwick Hall School

    Academy special converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
499
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 276
  • Anti social behaviour 55
  • Other theft 27
  • Public order 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • LAKESIDE

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

    ODS code M83132

    689 m

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    801 m

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    2.2 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    3.7 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

    BUSINESS HUB, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, CODSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1PE

    ODS code M83031

    3.9 km

  • NEWBRIDGE SURGERY

    255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE

    ODS code M92029

    3.9 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92006

    4.1 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    4.1 km

  • WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL

    ODS code M92607

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Leasowe Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.2 miles

  • Leasowe Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.2 miles

  • Edge Hill Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.3 miles

  • Edge Hill Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.3 miles

  • Shackleton Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 015E, 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

30,471 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

45 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 11 secondary schools. Perton First School is the nearest published school at 799 m.

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

Recorded crime

499 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 276 events.

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