Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 51 min4:44 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 39 min8:17 am – 3:56 pm
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People8,808 residentsin the Compton & Merryhill North census areaMedian age 47.63,561 households81% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright6% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.9% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 3,920 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: health and social work 17%, retail and wholesale 14%, education 14%Getting to work: 31% work from home, 58% go by car, 5% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle68% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages40% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 92%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C703 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October42 days of air frost, 12 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 spacesBantock Parkpark · within reach · 17 haWest Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haSt Chad's Recreation Groundpark · under a mileBradmore Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 3 haWindsor Avenue Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 11 haCompton Road Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes119 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199038 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 2 Jul 202542 mi away, Knucklas, 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 9.5 · PM2.5 7.1 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% 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)3,773 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation132 m433 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 100 to 149 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWest Park Hospital1.0 miGP surgeryOwen Road Medical Centre32 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPennfields Pharmacy25 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi51 schools27 primary, 9 secondary, 1 all-through, 4 independent, 8 special, 1 nursery, 1 otherPrimaryUplands Junior Schoolages 7-11under a milePrimaryWestacre Infant Schoolages 3-7, 257 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySt Peter's Collegiate Academyages 11-18, 1,329 pupilsunder a mileCollegeCity of Wolverhampton College2.8 miUniversityUniversity of Wolverhampton1.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX19 miRailway stationWolverhampton1.8 miMetroWolverhampton St George's (West Midlands Metro)1.5 miBus stationWolverhampton Bus Station1.6 miBus stops137 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the WV3 postcode district.
