Borrowing estimates for Wyre Forest, built from published survey rates and population figures.
67,500
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 67,500 adults in Wyre Forest held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 80% of adults in the West Midlands held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
48,100
Credit card holders
An estimated 48,100 adults in Wyre Forest held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 57% of adults in the West Midlands held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
17,700
Overdraft users
An estimated 17,700 adults in Wyre Forest were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 21% of adults in the West Midlands were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
22,800
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 22,800 adults in Wyre Forest had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 27% of adults in the West Midlands had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
18,600
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 18,600 adults in Wyre Forest used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 22% of adults in the West Midlands used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
7,170
High-cost credit users
An estimated 7,170 adults in Wyre Forest held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 8.5% of adults in the West Midlands held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
21,100
Low financial resilience
An estimated 21,100 adults in Wyre Forest had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 25% of adults in the West Midlands had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
7,600
In financial difficulty
An estimated 7,600 adults in Wyre Forest were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in the West Midlands were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 84,399 adults aged 18 and over in Wyre Forest (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
87,375
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Wyre Forest was 87,375 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.