Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 52 min4:43 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 38 min8:16 am – 3:54 pm
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People6,402 residentsin the Walsall Wood census areaMedian age 42.02,693 households64% of homes owner-occupied33% owned outright20% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.9% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 2,935 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 13%, construction 12%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 70% go by car, 5% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle60% 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 higher26% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C759 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 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 spacesClayhanger Commonpark · under a mile · 33 haBrownhills Commonpark · 1.0 mi · 72 haChasewaterpark · 1.7 mi · 297 haOak Park Active Livingsports ground · under a mile · 15 haHolland Parkplaying field · 1.0 mi · 9 haBradbury Parkplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes131 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 4 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199049 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202539 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 11 · PM2.5 7.8 · 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
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)2,669 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation149 m489 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 131 to 185 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalGoscote Hospital2.7 miGP surgeryStreets Corner Surgery12 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyTouchwood Pharmacy9 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi19 schools14 primary, 3 secondary, 1 special, 1 nurserySecondaryShire Oak Academyages 11-18, 1,149 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWalsall Wood Schoolages 3-11, 231 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMillfield Primary Schoolages 3-11, 217 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWalsall College4.1 miUniversityUniversity of Wolverhampton9.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX15 miRailway stationShenstone3.5 miBus stationWalsall Bus Station4.3 miBus stops90 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the WS8 postcode district.
