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Gornal

Ward

North west Dudley. About 13,314 people in 4.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Gornal live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,350
1,202nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Gornal compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

GornalMiddle
Population24 wards, Dudley · 2021
Population: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 11,851 to 16,287. The middle area is 13,355. Gornal is 13,350.
13,35012th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Dudley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 92.5%. Gornal is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Dudley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 89.6% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.8%. Gornal is 99.5%.
99.5%2nd highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Dudley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 2.3% to 7.6%. The middle area is 4.3%. Gornal is 4.1%.
4.1%10th lowest

Is Gornal safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gornal at a rate of 67.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 79.9 per 1,000 people across Dudley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gornal.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (393), other crime (148) and vehicle crime (93).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Dudley

These figures are published for the whole of Dudley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dudley and not Gornal alone. See Dudley

Average house price
£232,196
Up 3.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,486
83rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.2
103rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Gornal in brief

Gornal had 13,350 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Gornal live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Gornal, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Gornal, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.