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A village of 1,208 in Worcestershire, West Midlands.
Wolverley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is health (B): life expectancy 81.2 for men, 84.4 for women. Its weakest is schools (D): primary results beat 22% of towns in England; secondary results beat 10% of towns in England. The median home sold for £306,500 in the last three years, 6.5 times what households in the Wyre Forest council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Wolverley 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 Wolverley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Wolverley’s built-up area.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wolverley. Best known first.
Heritage railwaySevern Valley Railway2.9 km outside town, to the southeast
ZooWest Midland Safari Park4 km outside town, to the southwest
FortDrakelow Tunnels100 m outside town, to the north
MuseumBewdley Museum5 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumKidderminster Railway Museum2.9 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumMilitary Wireless Museum in the Midlands2.5 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wolverley.
Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Worcestershire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9% of residents. Ages in Wolverley split evenly at 53.7: half are older, half younger.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Wolverley | Worcestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 35% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.1% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Worcestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
At the 11 primary schools within 3 km, 55% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). There is one school here; it is shown below. Attainment 8 at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km averages 39.3, and 31% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverley Sebright Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 220 | B− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
1% of commuters who live in Wolverley also work there. The car took nine in ten commuters, above both Worcestershire’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (70%). For 39% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
6% rent privately, lower than both Worcestershire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (21%). Behind the median of £306,500: 24 standard sales inside Wolverley’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £825 a month across the Wyre Forest council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £448,750 | 6 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 3 of them. Wolverley has 108 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Historic England’s list names 13 listed buildings in the town: 3 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest A&E to Wolverley is Russells Hall Hospital, 8.8 miles away. Of the 47 towns in Worcestershire, Wolverley has the largest share in bad or very bad health: 8.8%. In addition, at the census, a quarter of people here had a disability, above both Worcestershire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 0.4 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Wolverley | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 71% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.8% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Reported offences in Wolverley came to 58 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 8. Of all the crimes, 45% were violence and sexual offences. The violent crime rate is 21.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
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.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverley | 1,208 | — | — | C− | B− | B |
| Cookley | 1,971 | 1.6 | — | C | B | B |
| Kidderminster | 57,567 | 1.9 | D | B− | D | C− |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 3.1 | B | C+ | B− | B |
| Bewdley | 8,285 | 3.3 | C− | C | C+ | B− |
| Blakedown | 1,448 | 3.6 | — | D | B− | B+ |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 20,302 | 4.9 | D | C+ | C | C |
| Alveley | 1,505 | 5 | — | B | A− | B |
Cookley, Blakedown and Alveley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.4 times the typical UK town for its size.
GCSE results trail 90% of towns in England, and primary results trail 78% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Worcestershire council.
Village in Worcestershire, England
Wolverley is a built-up area of 1,208 people, in the Wyre Forest 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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