Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are 26% of the population. 12,810 residents make their home in this town in Staffordshire, West Midlands.
A strong record with one exception. Its schools beat most: primary results beat 89% of towns in England; secondary results beat 72% of towns in England. Homes sell for a median £295,000, about 5.6 years of what households in the South Staffordshire council area earn. Getting around depends on the car: one in ten commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The overall grade lands at B+, #14 of 46 in Staffordshire. That leaves it better than 66% of UK towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B− for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Wombourne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Wombourne is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 18 buildings inside Wombourne’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wombourne.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.6% of the population. Wombourne has a median age of 49.8 years. Degrees are held by 30% of adults, higher than Staffordshire’s towns (27%) yet lower than England’s towns (34%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Wombourne | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Some 2,063 pupils attend Wombourne’s four primaries and one secondary. St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. Of its 6 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. At the town’s 4 primary schools, 70% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 398 | B− |
| Wombourne High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 995 | C+ |
| St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 211 | A+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. 3% of its homes were built before 1919, below Staffordshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Relative to its size, Wombourne keeps 14 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Driving is how 88% of commuters got to work at the census. 3% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, above Staffordshire’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. Income per household averages £51K a year, before tax. Of the commuters living in Wombourne, 13% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Owners make up nearly three quarters of households, above Staffordshire’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. 499 standard sales inside Wombourne’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £295,000. Private rents average £958 a month across the South Staffordshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £420,000 | 175 |
| Semi-detached | £272,250 | 228 |
| Terraced | £250,000 | 61 |
| Flat or maisonette | £143,500 | 35 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 17% of residents have a disability, below Staffordshire’s towns (19%) and close to England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Wombourne is Russells Hall Hospital, 3.9 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Wombourne | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 571 recorded crimes inside Wombourne’s built-up area, and 89 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Wombourne records less crime per resident than nearly four fifths of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. 46% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wombourne. Best known first.
Garden · National TrustWightwick Manor Gardens3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumBantock House3.7 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumBroadfield House Glass Museum3.7 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumHimley House Museum1 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumTettenhall Transport Heritage Museum4.9 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
18 listed buildings in Wombourne.
Bridge No. 46 (Bumblehole Bridge) and associated lock: Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Benedict Biscop: Photo: John M · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 6, Gravel Hill: Photo: Roger Kidd · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Botterham bridge and locks with adjacent circular weir: Photo: Row17 · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wombourne | 12,810 | — | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Swindon | 1,134 | 1.3 | — | C+ | C | B |
| Sedgley | 31,976 | 3 | C | B+ | C− | C |
| Kingswinford | 51,900 | 3.3 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C |
| Perton | 9,302 | 4.2 | A− | A− | B | B |
| Coseley | 25,206 | 4.3 | C− | A− | C− | D |
| Dudley | 64,277 | 4.7 | C− | A | D− | D |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 4.7 | — | B− | B+ | B+ |
Swindon and Pattingham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Secondary results beat 72%.
Town in Staffordshire, England
Wombourne is a built-up area of 12,810 people, in the South Staffordshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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