UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/south-staffordshire
Council areaWest Midlands, England
House prices in South Staffordshire
Homes in South Staffordshire sold for a median of £290,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,710 standard sales.
That makes it the tenth most expensive of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £255,000.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 1,079 | £400,000 | £330,000 to £506,000 | £3,811/m²from 37 sales |
| Semi-detached | 1,053 | £260,000 | £225,000 to £298,000 | £3,421/m²from 53 sales |
| Terraced | 408 | £234,000 | £189,000 to £278,000 | £3,118/m²from 20 sales |
| Flats and maisonettes | 170 | £147,500 | £120,000 to £210,000 | Too few |
Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in South Staffordshire, at 40% and 39% of sales.
Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,444 per m², 11% above the £3,091 across the West Midlands as a whole.
Postcode districts in South Staffordshire
The dearest district was DY7 (Stourbridge), at £420,000, and the cheapest was WS6 (Walsall), at £255,000.
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Post towns in South Staffordshire, by number of sales: Wolverhampton (WV5, WV8), Walsall (WS6), Stafford (ST19), Stourbridge (DY7).
- DY7Stourbridge, 197 salesMedian price £420,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
- WV5Wolverhampton, 411 salesMedian price £320,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +10%
- ST19Stafford, 355 salesMedian price £306,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +8%
- WV8Wolverhampton, 341 salesMedian price £290,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
- WS6Walsall, 443 salesMedian price £255,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.
From 2024 to 2025, the median rose in every district with enough sales to compare, most in WV5 (Wolverhampton), up 10%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Walsall Road, Great Wyrley (WS6)27 sales
- Wyrley Court, Great Wyrley (WS6)23 sales
- Common Road, Wombourne (WV5)15 sales
- Sutherland Road, Walsall (WS6)14 sales
- Planks Lane, Wombourne (WV5)14 sales
- Birches Road, Codsall (WV8)13 sales
- Shakespeare Drive, Penkridge (ST19)12 sales
- Hilton Lane, Walsall (WS6)12 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Bridgnorth Road, Stourton (DY7, detached houses, £750,000), Rookery Road, Wombourne (WV5, £415,000) and Planks Lane, Wombourne (WV5, £310,000).
The cheapest were Station Street, Cheslyn Hay (WS6, £186,000), Shakespeare Drive, Penkridge (ST19, £260,000) and Sutherland Road, Walsall (WS6, £265,000).
Prices over time
The median rose 48%, from £199,000 in 2016 to £295,000 in 2025, close to the 50% rise across the West Midlands as a whole.
Sales picked up in 2025: 1,557 standard sales in South Staffordshire, 17% more than the 1,329 in 2024.
Living in South Staffordshire
Crime
54 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Lower than 83 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.
The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.
Gigabit broadband
85% of homes can get it
Lower than 69 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.
Radon
29% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Lower than 61 in 100 council areas.
In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.
Council tax
Band D is £2,314 a year in South Staffordshire for 2026 to 2027
Lower than 76 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.
Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.
The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).
Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Council areas in the West Midlands
Median sale price of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. South Staffordshire and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- Bromsgrove£340,000
- Solihull£332,500
- Malvern Hills£330,000
- Wychavon£327,500
- Lichfield£312,500
- Rugby£297,000
- Herefordshire£295,000
- South Staffordshire, this council area£290,000
- Shropshire£275,500
- North Warwickshire£265,000
- Redditch£260,000
- Stafford£260,000
- Worcester£258,000
- Wyre Forest£257,000
- Tamworth£248,000
About these figures
South Staffordshire's figures come from 2,710 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 5 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in South Staffordshire, so their sales add up to 1,747 instead (how we build council pages).
Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.