Wolverhampton: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£350,536

Semi-detached

£235,561

Terraced

£189,329

Flat or maisonette

£115,198

First-time buyers

£202,323

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  248,466 in 1991 → 281,251 in 2024 (+13.2%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £122,320 in 2005 → £220,559 in 2026 (+80.3%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £353 in 2008 → £621 in 2025 (+75.8%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  66.8% in 2004 → 70.3% in 2023 (+5.2%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  4.6% in 2001 → 6.9% in 2025 (+50.0%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,774 in 1997 → £18,493 in 2024 (+110.8%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Wolverhampton; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access98.2% (January 2026) · 4th highest of 361
• Business births · Economy & work14.6% (2024) · 12th highest of 361
• Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access97% (May 2024) · 32nd highest of 318
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment3.2 t per person (2024) · 70th lowest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Three-year business survival · Economy & work31.5% (2021) · 369th highest of 374
• Obesity in Year 6 · Health & wellbeing30.0% (2024/25) · 290th lowest of 292
• Claimant count · Economy & work6.9% (2025) · 352nd lowest of 361
• Fuel poverty · Economy & work13.5% (2024) · 290th lowest of 296

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)77.2 years · England 80.0 · 138th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)81.4 years · England 83.8 · 138th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)59.2 years · England 60.9 · 90th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)58.6 years · England 61.3 · 100th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)420.1 per 100k · England 321.0 · 136th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)13.3% · England 10.4 · 123rd lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)65.3% · England 64.6 · 72nd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)64.2% · England 68.3 · 137th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)44.0 score · England 46.0 · 111th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.4% · England 5.8 · 29th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)32.9% · England 19.8 · 141st lowest of 153