Bromsgrove: local statistics
Bromsgrove is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 101,973 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Bromsgrove, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Bromsgrove at £335,607 for July 2026, up 2.3% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it 6th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. Prices are 38% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 7.8 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Bromsgrove. That ratio is 7th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
Full-time employees living in Bromsgrove earned a median £843.20 a week in April 2025 (£42,776 a year). It is 5th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest, and 15.3% more than across the West Midlands. For full-time jobs located in Bromsgrove the median is £687.60 a week (−£155.60 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £605.60: a change of +39% before inflation.
The claimant count for Bromsgrove stood at 1,560 in August 2026, or 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the West Midlands: 5.3%). That compares with 2.5% a year before. The five-year high was 3.6% (August 2021); the low was 2.3% (April 2024).
In 2022 to 2024, women in Bromsgrove had a life expectancy at birth of 84.0 years; for men it was 80.9, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.6 years for women and +1.6 for men. It is 9th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest for women.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 80.5% of Bromsgrove residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 7.7 points either way; the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 74.1% to 84.4%.
A Band D home in Bromsgrove pays an average of £2,478.65 in council tax in 2026-27, up £175.93 on 2025-26. That makes it 11th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,617.87.
101,973 people lived in Bromsgrove in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +0.6% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 6.8%; the West Midlands grew by 7.8% over the same years. That is the 19th fastest growth of 30 in the West Midlands. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In March 2026, 5,310 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Bromsgrove, 3% more than in 2016. That is 52 for every 1,000 residents, the 7th highest of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Bromsgrove on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the West Mercia police force area: 79,871 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 888 fewer than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 95,440 |
| 2016 | 96,254 |
| 2017 | 96,703 |
| 2018 | 97,315 |
| 2019 | 98,339 |
| 2020 | 98,837 |
| 2021 | 99,449 |
| 2022 | 100,135 |
| 2023 | 100,880 |
| 2024 | 101,413 |
| 2025 | 101,973 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £242,484 |
| July 2017 | £260,030 |
| July 2018 | £269,088 |
| July 2019 | £277,427 |
| July 2020 | £271,625 |
| July 2021 | £293,549 |
| July 2022 | £322,373 |
| July 2023 | £326,417 |
| July 2024 | £325,926 |
| July 2025 | £328,059 |
| July 2026 | £335,607 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £605.60 a week |
| 2016 | £582.10 a week |
| 2017 | £659.50 a week |
| 2018 | £659.90 a week |
| 2019 | £689.60 a week |
| 2020 | £605.70 a week |
| 2021 | £668.30 a week |
| 2022 | £751.80 a week |
| 2023 | £765.20 a week |
| 2024 | £822.20 a week |
| 2025 | £843.20 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,617.87 |
| 2017-18 | £1,658.27 |
| 2018-19 | £1,732.01 |
| 2019-20 | £1,809.57 |
| 2020-21 | £1,875.82 |
| 2021-22 | £1,933 |
| 2022-23 | £2,002.42 |
| 2023-24 | £2,097.25 |
| 2024-25 | £2,195.85 |
| 2025-26 | £2,302.72 |
| 2026-27 | £2,478.65 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 76.0% |
| 2016/17 | 79.1% |
| 2017/18 | 78.5% |
| 2018/19 | 74.1% |
| 2019/20 | 81.8% |
| 2020/21 | 80.0% |
| 2021/22 | 80.3% |
| 2022/23 | 84.4% |
| 2023/24 | 83.5% |
| 2024/25 | 80.3% |
| 2025/26 | 80.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,135 |
| 2017 | 7,700 |
| 2018 | 10,155 |
| 2019 | 6,155 |
| 2020 | 9,710 |
| 2021 | 7,755 |
| 2022 | 5,670 |
| 2023 | 5,585 |
| 2024 | 5,535 |
| 2025 | 5,420 |
| 2026 | 5,310 |
Questions about Bromsgrove
What is the average house price in Bromsgrove?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £335,607.
What is the average salary in Bromsgrove?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Bromsgrove was £843.20 a week in April 2025 (£42,776 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Bromsgrove?
The ONS claimant count was 1,560 in August 2026, 2.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Bromsgrove?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.9 years for men and 84.0 for women.
How much is Band D council tax in Bromsgrove?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,478.65 for 2026-27.
What is the population of Bromsgrove?
The ONS estimates 101,973 people lived in Bromsgrove in mid-2025.
Who has power over Bromsgrove
Every body that makes decisions for Bromsgrove, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Bromsgrove council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Bromsgrove in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bromsgrove: Bradley Thomas (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime (police force area): This figure covers the whole West Mercia police force area, not just Bromsgrove, because the Home Office tables do not give Bromsgrove on its own. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the West Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Cannock Chase · Lichfield · South Staffordshire · Staffordshire Moorlands · Worcester · Wyre Forest
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