| Postcode | DY2 9AJ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Dudley | 
| Nearest station | Cradley Heath (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | The Sling (SE) Simms Lane (S) Duncan Edwards Way (NW) Simms Lane (N) New Rd (NW) Duncan Edwards Way (N) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 17 View | 
| Known addresses | Unit 2 The Sling, Dudley 1 The Sling, Dudley 2 The Sling, Dudley 3 The Sling, Dudley 4 The Sling, Dudley 6 The Sling, Dudley 7 The Sling, Dudley 8 The Sling, Dudley | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 52.498464 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.087906 | |
| Easting | 394129 | |
| Northing | 288955 | |
| Grid reference | SO941889 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 561917 5816872 | |
| what3words | silks.dent.calm | |
| FixPhrase | critter luxurious swaddling unhappy | |
| Plus code | 9C4VFWX6+9R | |
| Altitude | 163 metres (533 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:03 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:42 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 99.7 KMs (61.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Dudley, unparished area | E43000181 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Netherton & Holly Hall | E05015917 | 
| Metropolitan District | Dudley | E08000027 | 
| County | West Midlands | E11000018 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Stourbridge | E14001524 | 
| MP | Cat Eccles | Labour | 
| Police force | West Midlands | |
| Water company | South Staffordshire Water | |
| Sewage company | Severn Trent | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dudley | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Midlands | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | West Midlands | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Dudley (Dudley) | E63009984 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00049780 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dudley 018A | E01009840 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Dudley 018A | E01009840 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Netherton | E02002017 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Netherton | E02002017 | 
| Travel to work area | Dudley | E30000202 | 
| Average property price in Dudley | £242,746 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.4% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 The Sling, Dudley | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2025 | £132,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2013 | £55,000 | |
| 6 The Sling, Dudley | Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2022 | £115,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2017 | £79,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2011 | £69,500 | |
| Unit 2 The Sling, Dudley | Other (freehold) | Jan 2022 | £485,000 | 
| 3 The Sling, Dudley | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2020 | £95,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2016 | £80,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2010 | £72,000 | |
| 2 The Sling, Dudley | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2013 | £50,000 | 
| 7 The Sling, Dudley | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2003 | £59,000 | 
| 1 The Sling, Dudley | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2003 | £30,000 | 
| 8 The Sling, Dudley | Terraced (freehold) | Jun 1998 | £15,000 |