WV9 5BF

Brewood, Coven & Blymhill · 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
WV9
Postcode sector
WV9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV9 5BD 558 m
WV9 5FJ 756 m
WV9 5BB 1.1 km
WV9 5ET 1.2 km
WV9 5BE 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV9 5BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV9
Postcode sector
WV9 5
Latitude
52.643488
Longitude
-2.163629
British National Grid easting
389,025
British National Grid northing
305,094

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008958
Output area
E00150919
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 003A · E01029617
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 003 · E02006176

Postcode source versions

Explore WV9

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Cattle Shed, Cartwright Lane, Coven, Wolverhampton, WV9 5BF 24 October 2025 £840,000
Middle Hattons, The Old Farmhouse, Cartwright Lane, Coven, Wolverhampton, WV9 5BF 10 November 2014 £490,000
Croft Farm Cottage, Cartwright Lane, Coven, Wolverhampton, WV9 5BF 28 August 2007 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
21
Secondary
7
  1. School of Coding AEP Limited

    Other independent school

    1.9 km
  2. Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.0 km
  3. Lane Green First School

    Community school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
19
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 6
  • Burglary 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Vehicle crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

8 female, 10 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.0
WV9 5 residents
6,834

Age bands in WV9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

886 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

570 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,443 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

1,926 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,536 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV9 5 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+
0%
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

9

within 5 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    2.4 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83031

    2.7 km

  • ASHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    39 ASHFIELD ROAD, FORDHOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6QX

    ODS code M92609

    2.8 km

  • FORDHOUSES MEDICAL CENTRE

    68 MARSH LANE, FORD HOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6RU

    ODS code M92629

    3.2 km

  • PROBERT ROAD SURGERY

    470 STAFFORD ROAD, OXLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6AR

    ODS code M92041

    3.6 km

  • PRESTBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BROADWAY, BUSHBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 8EA

    ODS code M92009

    3.9 km

  • BREWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KIDDEMORE GREEN ROAD, BREWOOD, STAFFORD, ST19 9BQ

    ODS code M83009

    4.0 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    4.8 km

  • SHOWELL PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    FIFTH AVENUE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 9ST

    ODS code Y02736

    5.0 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

  • Pendeford Trading Estate

    BCT · Pendeford

    1.2 miles
  • Lime Tree Road

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.2 miles
  • Lime Tree Road

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.2 miles
  • Holy Cross Church

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.3 miles
  • Middle School

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 003A, 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

21,202 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £840,000 from 1 recorded sale in WV9 5BF. 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 7 secondary schools. School of Coding AEP Limited is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

19 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 6 events.

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