Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 51 min4:43 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 38 min8:16 am – 3:54 pm
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People6,920 residentsin the Aldridge Central census areaMedian age 48.23,190 households65% of homes owner-occupied39% owned outright21% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.0% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 2,975 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 13%, construction 12%Getting to work: 22% work from home, 65% go by car, 5% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle63% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C782 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December41 days of air frost, 14 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)
Parks and green spacesDruid's Heath Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 53 haAnchor Meadow Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 9 haThe Grangepark · 2.1 mi · 63 haPark Lime Pits Country Parkpark · 1.8 mi · 14 haSutton Parkpark · 2.4 mi · 872 haWoodlands Campsports ground · 1.0 mi · 6 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes130 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199048 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202541 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: 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 12 · PM2.5 8.0 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband89% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,185 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation164 m538 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 132 to 180 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSpire Little Aston Hospital1.7 miGP surgeryPortland Medical Practice8 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots9 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistRodericks Dental LTDright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi16 schools11 primary, 3 secondary, 2 specialPrimaryCooper and Jordan Church of England Primary Schoolages 2-11, 478 pupilsunder a milePrimaryLeighswood Schoolages 2-11, 442 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySt Francis of Assisi Catholic Collegeages 11-18, 1,109 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWalsall College3.0 miUniversityAston University8.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX13 miRailway stationBlake StreetHill Hook3.0 miBus stationWalsall Bus Station3.1 miBus stops118 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the WS9 postcode district.
