Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:47 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:16 am – 3:57 pm
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People5,903 residentsin the Stourport Areley Kings census areaMedian age 52.02,721 households71% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright19% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.6% unemployment rate50% of adults are economically active, 2,355 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 18% work from home, 73% go by car, 2% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle59% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages22% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C670 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October42 days of air frost, 16 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksHillditch Poollake · 1.7 miWilden Poollake · 2.3 miStagborough Hillhill · 1.6 miRedstone Marshwetland · under a mileHalf Crown Woodwoodland · under a mileWordley Dinglevalley · 1.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesSevern Meadowspark · under a mile · 7 haTontine Gardenspark · under a mileWar Memorial Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 11 haStourport Sports Clubsports ground · 1.7 mi · 12 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes91 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199032 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202645 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.1 · PM2.5 6.1 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,573 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation46 m151 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 28 to 51 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalKidderminster Hospital4.3 miGP surgeryStourport Medical Centre2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyAreley Kings Pharmacy4 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDental Surgery1.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools6 primary, 1 secondaryPrimarySt Bartholomew's CofE VC Primary Schoolages 2-11, 208 pupilsright herePrimaryStourport Primary Academyages 2-11, 291 pupils1.2 miSecondaryThe Stourport High School and Sixth Form Collegeages 11-18, 1,039 pupils1.7 miCollegeHalesowen College13.5 miUniversityUniversity of Worcester9.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX25 miRailway stationHartlebury3.1 miBus stationKidderminster Bus Station4.4 miBus stops38 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DY13 postcode district.
