Goldenhill
Neighbourhood · 6,666 residents
59Good
Good · better than 5 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
- 90% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- Affordability scores 77, 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
- Food & drink scores 30, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Goldenhill
Map outline: Approximate — electoral ward boundary, used as the nearest surveyed shape
Is Goldenhill a good place to live?
Goldenhill scores 59/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (88) and affordability (77).
It scores lowest on food & drink (30).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Goldenhill in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Goldenhill
Terraced streets dominate here, brick-fronted and tightly packed, with the odd corner shop breaking up the rows — this is Stoke-on-Trent territory through and through, not a place that performs for outsiders. The people you'll see are older on average than the England norm, pushing towards their mid-forties, and there's a settled, unshowy feel to it rather than the churn of a young rental market.
Housing is where Goldenhill really tells its story. A typical sale here lands around £120,000, which undercuts even Stoke-on-Trent itself by over ten per cent, and puts the area in the bottom slice of house prices nationally. Nearly all of what sells is freehold terraces and semis — nine terraced, eight semi-detached out of nineteen recent sales — so a For Sale board on one of these streets is almost always advertising a modest, unencumbered two-up-two-down rather than anything flashier. The five-year price direction is improving, though don't expect fireworks; this is a slow, steady climb, not a boom. On schooling, Goldenhill Primary Academy carries a Good Ofsted rating, and there's a second Good-rated primary in Star Academy, Sandyford — solid, if unspectacular, options for a family with young children. There's no rail station listed for the immediate area, so this is a bus-and-car suburb rather than a commuter-line one; the eight local transport stops suggest reasonable bus coverage rather than a dash to a mainline platform.