Metropolitan Borough of Dudley

Borough of Dudley
Metropolitan borough
Dudley, the administrative centre of the borough
Motto(s):  Unity and Progress
Dudley Metropolitan Borough shown within West Midlands
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Historic county	Worcestershire and Staffordshire
Status	Metropolitan borough
Admin HQ	Dudley
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough council
• Body	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• Mayor	Andrea Goddard
• MPs	Marco Longhi (Conservative) Mike Wood (Conservative) Suzanne Webb (Conservative) James Morris (Conservative) Pat McFadden (Labour)
Area
• Total	37.82 sq mi (97.96 km2)
• Rank	200th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	324,969
• Rank	Ranked 38th
• Density	8,600/sq mi (3,300/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 84.9% White 8.4% Asian 2.8% Mixed 2.5% Black 1.4% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 49.3% Christianity 36% no religion 6.2% Islam 5.5% not stated 1.6% Sikhism 0.7% Hinduism 0.5% other 0.2% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	DY (1 - 6, 8, 9) B (62, 63) WV (14)
Dialling codes	01384 (Dudley) 0121 (Birmingham) 01902 (Wolverhampton) 01562 (Kidderminster)
ISO 3166 code	GB-DUD
ONS code	00CR (ONS) E08000027 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SO9350590490
NUTS 3	UKG36
Website	www.dudley.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen.

The borough's main settlement is Dudley but it also includes the outlying towns of Brierley Hill, Halesowen, Kingswinford, Lye, Netherton, Sedgley, and Stourbridge.

The borough borders Sandwell to the east, the city of Birmingham to the south east, Bromsgrove to the south in Worcestershire, South Staffordshire District to the west, and the city of Wolverhampton to the north.