Neighbourhood · Wolverhampton · West Midlands
Bilston North East
Wolverhampton 023 · 5 sub-areas · 8,173 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Couples (81/100)Watch-out: Families (55/100)Liveability 84/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood
Bilston North East is a commuter neighbourhood within Wolverhampton — train into Birmingham runs in around 47 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.
Liveability
84/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Bilston North East?
A snapshot of Bilston North East
3 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £928 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Bilston North East in Wolverhampton
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Bilston North East?
- The median monthly rent across Bilston North East is £928.
- How safe is Bilston North East?
- Bilston North East has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Bilston North East?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 25 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Bilston North East?
- There are 17 schools within 2 km of Bilston North East, of which 20% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2761 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Bilston North East?
- The most common council tax band in Bilston North East is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,794. Council tax is set by Wolverhampton council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Bilston North East to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Bilston North East to central London is approximately 127 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Bilston North East?
- 100% of premises in Bilston North East are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Bilston North East?
- Bilston North East sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Bilston North East?
- 58% of households in Bilston North East are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Bilston North East?
- The average property price across Wolverhampton (the local authority covering Bilston North East) is approximately £213,623, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Bilston North East a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.42 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £31,308.)
- Which local areas are part of Bilston North East?
- Bilston North East contains 5 local areas: Wolverhampton 023B, Wolverhampton 023A, Wolverhampton 023E, Wolverhampton 023D, Wolverhampton 023C.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Bilston North East
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Bilston North East?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Bilston North East is £928. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Bilston North East a safe place to live?
- Bilston North East has a safety score of 63/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Bilston North East?
- 20% of schools within 2 km of Bilston North East are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Bilston North East?
- Public-transport commute time from Bilston North East to central London is approximately 127 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Bilston North East different from the rest of Wolverhampton?
- Bilston North East contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Bilston North East rank in Wolverhampton?
- Bilston North East scores 84/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Wolverhampton, see the Cities table on the Wolverhampton page.
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