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In Worcestershire, West Midlands, this town has 6,944 residents. 49% of households own their home outright.
A strong record with one exception. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A−): homes sell for a median £357,500, about 6 times local household income. With a B+ overall, Hollywood is better than 71% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #4 of 22 in Worcestershire. Jobs and pay hold up well (B+): mean household income £57,854; 2.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: on the way to work, 9% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B− for schools and B for health.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Hollywood is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Hollywood does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Hollywood’s built-up area.
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 Hollywood.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Hollywood has 6 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, lower than both Worcestershire’s towns (50) and England’s towns (39). Before 1919: that is when 3% of homes were built.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Both of the town’s schools appear below. Secondary results at the 5 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 43.4, with 41% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Hollywood’s one primary and one secondary have 1,694 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coppice Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 689 | A− |
| Woodrush High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,005 | C+ |
The 15-to-24 age group: 8%, below both Worcestershire’s towns (10%) and England’s towns (12%). Hollywood has a median age of 49.4. Graduates make up 31% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Hollywood | Worcestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.7% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Worcestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Driving is how nearly nine in ten commuters got to work at the census. About 8% of its commuters stay in Hollywood for work. Jobs per working resident: 0.4.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
7% rent privately, below Worcestershire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Social renters account for just over one in ten households. The median sale, £357,500, comes from 267 standard sales inside Hollywood’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £450,000 | 91 |
| Semi-detached | £355,000 | 99 |
| Terraced | £302,499 | 68 |
| Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to Hollywood is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, 5 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 88% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Disability touches 16% of the town’s population.
| Census 2021 | Hollywood | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.3% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 380 crimes and 59 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Hollywood’s built-up area. 27% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Also worth knowing: violent crime ran at 17.3 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Worcestershire’s towns (19.6) and England’s towns (22).
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 Hollywood. Best known first.
MuseumCadbury World4.7 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumSarehole Mill4.3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumTransport Museum Wythall800 m outside town, to the southwest
MuseumSelly Manor Museum4.9 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic houseHighbury Hall4.9 km outside town, to the northArt galleryArt galleryInternational Project Space4.9 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
3 notable people were born in Hollywood.
Louise Miller-Frost: Louise Miller-Frost MP, CC BY 3.0 · Parry Glasspool: Pazzyg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Town in Worcestershire, England
Hollywood is a built-up area of 6,944 people, in the Bromsgrove 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood | 6,944 | — | B+ | A− | B | B |
| Wythall | 2,077 | 0.9 | — | B | B+ | B |
| Tidbury Green | 1,552 | 1.4 | — | C | C | A |
| Dickens Heath | 4,797 | 1.8 | A | A− | B− | A |
| Cheswick Green | 2,743 | 2.8 | A | B− | B+ | A |
| Solihull | 107,754 | 3.8 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Alvechurch | 3,412 | 4.5 | B+ | B+ | B | A− |
| Hockley Heath | 1,899 | 4.9 | — | C | B− | A |
Wythall, Tidbury Green and Hockley Heath have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £357,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £190,000, terraced houses £302,499, semi-detached houses £355,000 and detached houses £450,000.
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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