WV6 7LA

Perton Lakeside · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Staffordshire
Postcode district
WV6
Postcode sector
WV6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV6 7HW 65 m
WV6 7JF 94 m
WV6 7LG 124 m
WV6 7JY 135 m
WV6 7JD 158 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV6 7LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV6
Postcode sector
WV6 7
Latitude
52.589672
Longitude
-2.216154
British National Grid easting
385,453
British National Grid northing
299,117

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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
24
Secondary
11
  1. Wightwick Hall School

    Academy special converter

    1.1 km
  2. Perton First School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. Perton Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
465
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 257
  • Anti social behaviour 48
  • Public order 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Other theft 23

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

8

within 5 km

  • LAKESIDE

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

    ODS code M83132

    1.1 km

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    1.1 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    2.2 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92006

    4.0 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    4.0 km

  • NEWBRIDGE SURGERY

    255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE

    ODS code M92029

    4.1 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83031

    4.3 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    4.5 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

  • Edge Hill Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.4 miles
  • Edge Hill Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.4 miles
  • Perton Court Cottages

    BCT · Wightwick

    0.5 miles
  • Leasowe Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.5 miles
  • Perton Court Cottages

    BCT · Wightwick

    0.5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

44 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 11 secondary schools. Wightwick Hall School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

465 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 257 events.

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