Broadwaters
Suburb · 204 residents
51Fair
Fair · better than 2 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 74, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 18, below the typical 60
- Food & drink scores 18, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Broadwaters
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Broadwaters a good place to live?
Broadwaters scores 51/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (74).
It scores lowest on food & drink (18) and health (18).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Broadwaters in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Broadwaters
Broadwaters is the kind of place where semi-detached houses sit behind low brick walls and hedges, cars parked neatly on the drive rather than the street, and there's little in the way of passing trade or shopfronts to draw you in — this is a residential pocket of Wyre Forest, not a destination. The median age of just under fifty tells you most of what you need to know about the rhythm here: this isn't a place full of shared houses or young professionals cycling to the station, it's settled, quieter, the sort of street where people know whose car is whose.
Housing here is overwhelmingly semi-detached and freehold — of the sales sampled, semis outnumber every other type combined, and freehold ownership dominates almost completely. A for-sale board on this street means a family home changing hands outright, not a leasehold flat or a buy-to-let. Prices sit a little above the wider Wyre Forest district, and detached and semi-detached homes both trade noticeably below the national medians for their type, which is part of why the area's affordability grade comes out strong. On schooling, Wolverley CofE Secondary and St Oswald's CofE Primary are both rated Good, solid rather than exceptional, though Wolverley's progress 8 score is negative, worth knowing if you're weighing secondary options closely. There's no rail station listed for the immediate area, and only a couple of transport stops recorded, so this reads as a driving suburb rather than a commuter-line one.