WV postcode area: Wolverhampton
The WV postcode area is known as the Wolverhampton area. It is every postcode that begins WV followed by a number. It has 18 districts and 10,650 postcodes in use, across 8 councils.
Homes in the WV area sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £175,000 in WV1 (Wolverhampton) to £322,000 in WV5 (Wombourne).
For the town itself, see Wolverhampton postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 52.5803
Longitude -2.1684
This is the middle of the postcodes in the WV area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the WV area?
Homes in the WV area sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,068 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £360,025 792 sales
- Semi-detached £238,500 1,356 sales
- Terraced £200,000 665 sales
- Flat or maisonette £120,000 255 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the WV districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- WV1 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton 677 postcodes Typical price£175,000 Gigabit, every home425 of 514 At flood risk5 of 677
- WV2 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton 455 postcodes Typical price£205,000 Gigabit, every home397 of 443 At flood riskNone listed
- WV3 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton, South Staffordshire 614 postcodes Typical price£250,000 Gigabit, every home566 of 603 At flood risk1 of 614
- WV4 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton, South Staffordshire, Dudley 739 postcodes Typical price£255,000 Gigabit, every home654 of 733 At flood risk3 of 739
- WV5 postcode district: WombourneSouth Staffordshire, Shropshire 471 postcodes Typical price£322,000 Gigabit, every home328 of 463 At flood risk21 of 471
- WV6 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton, South Staffordshire, Shropshire 1,044 postcodes Typical price£257,000 Gigabit, every home803 of 992 At flood risk20 of 1,044
- WV7 postcode district: AlbrightonShropshire, South Staffordshire 204 postcodes Typical price£319,950 Gigabit, every home124 of 199 At flood risk1 of 204
- WV8 postcode district: CodsallSouth Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, Shropshire 432 postcodes Typical price£282,500 Gigabit, every home318 of 427 At flood risk7 of 432
- WV9 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton, South Staffordshire 187 postcodes Typical price£232,500 Gigabit, every home148 of 177 At flood risk7 of 187
- WV10 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton, South Staffordshire 1,161 postcodes Typical price£229,000 Gigabit, every home975 of 1,143 At flood risk34 of 1,161
- WV11 postcode district: WolverhamptonWolverhampton, South Staffordshire, Walsall 682 postcodes Typical price£230,000 Gigabit, every home611 of 675 At flood risk4 of 682
- WV12 postcode district: WillenhallWalsall, Wolverhampton 503 postcodes Typical price£222,000 Gigabit, every home474 of 499 At flood risk2 of 503
- WV13 postcode district: WillenhallWalsall, Wolverhampton 508 postcodes Typical price£198,750 Gigabit, every home451 of 500 At flood risk114 of 508
- WV14 postcode district: BilstonWolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall, Sandwell 1,041 postcodes Typical price£206,500 Gigabit, every home898 of 1,011 At flood risk20 of 1,041
- WV15 postcode district: BridgnorthShropshire, South Staffordshire 294 postcodes Typical price£280,000 Gigabit, every home166 of 290 At flood risk29 of 294
- WV16 postcode district: BridgnorthShropshire 559 postcodes Typical price£261,000 Gigabit, every home311 of 549 At flood risk25 of 559
- WV98 postcode district: KidderminsterWyre Forest, Wolverhampton 559 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
- WV99 postcode district: TelfordTelford and Wrekin 520 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the WV area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the WV area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the WV area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Wolverhampton5,760 postcodes
- South Staffordshire1,545 postcodes
- Shropshire1,137 postcodes
- Walsall901 postcodes
- Telford and Wrekin520 postcodes
- Wyre Forest328 postcodes
- Dudley283 postcodes
- Sandwell13 postcodes
Near the WV area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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