East Staffordshire: local statistics
East Staffordshire is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 131,541 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 East Staffordshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 85.2% of East Staffordshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 6.2 points), against 73.6% across the West Midlands. Its lowest reading in the series was 77.0% and its highest 88.6%.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in East Staffordshire at £227,135 for July 2026, a rise of 4.3% in twelve months. It ranks as the 23rd highest of 30 in the West Midlands; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. This July figure is the highest in the series, 44% up on July 2016. The average price is 6.2 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in East Staffordshire. That ratio is the 23rd highest ratio of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
East Staffordshire had an estimated 131,541 residents in mid-2025, up 1.1% on a year earlier. That is 13,884 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 11.8%; the West Midlands grew by 7.8% over the same years, 7th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A Band D home in East Staffordshire pays an average of £2,351.34 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.2% more than in 2025-26. It is 20th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,546.16, so it has risen 52%.
The police recorded 64.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in East Staffordshire in the year to March 2026 (8,456 offences in all), the 14th highest rate of 22 in the West Midlands. That compares with 67.2 per 1,000 the year before. The highest rate in the series was 74.5, in the year to March 2023. Fraud is not included.
A girl born in East Staffordshire in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.4 years and a boy 79.6 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.7 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 more. It is close to the middle of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (13th highest for women).
3.3% of East Staffordshire residents aged 16 to 64 (2,615 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026 (the West Midlands: 5.3%). Twelve months before, it was 3.4%. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.1% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.7% in October 2022.
The median full-time employee living in East Staffordshire was paid £741.90 a week before tax in April 2025 (£36,848 a year). It is mid-table in the West Midlands, 15th of 30, and 1.5% more than across the West Midlands. For full-time jobs located in East Staffordshire the median is £714.80 a week (−£27.10 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £478.20: a change of +55% before inflation.
5,905 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in East Staffordshire in March 2026, 8% more than in 2016. There are 45 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (14th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 117,657 |
| 2016 | 118,986 |
| 2017 | 119,782 |
| 2018 | 120,861 |
| 2019 | 122,052 |
| 2020 | 123,096 |
| 2021 | 124,486 |
| 2022 | 125,987 |
| 2023 | 128,186 |
| 2024 | 130,069 |
| 2025 | 131,541 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £157,749 |
| July 2017 | £162,749 |
| July 2018 | £168,905 |
| July 2019 | £168,955 |
| July 2020 | £178,326 |
| July 2021 | £189,370 |
| July 2022 | £208,272 |
| July 2023 | £208,246 |
| July 2024 | £215,591 |
| July 2025 | £217,842 |
| July 2026 | £227,135 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £478.20 a week |
| 2016 | £500.60 a week |
| 2017 | £489.60 a week |
| 2018 | £504.30 a week |
| 2019 | £523.90 a week |
| 2020 | £573.90 a week |
| 2021 | £574.80 a week |
| 2022 | £604.30 a week |
| 2023 | £668.40 a week |
| 2024 | £668.50 a week |
| 2025 | £741.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,546.16 |
| 2017-18 | £1,604.84 |
| 2018-19 | £1,686.67 |
| 2019-20 | £1,754.44 |
| 2020-21 | £1,819.73 |
| 2021-22 | £1,904.18 |
| 2022-23 | £1,962.30 |
| 2023-24 | £2,054.05 |
| 2024-25 | £2,151.39 |
| 2025-26 | £2,257.48 |
| 2026-27 | £2,351.34 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 55.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 63.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 69.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 66.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 60.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 47.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 51.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 74.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 68.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 67.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 64.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.7% |
| 2016/17 | 78.5% |
| 2017/18 | 82.8% |
| 2018/19 | 88.6% |
| 2019/20 | 83.1% |
| 2020/21 | 77.5% |
| 2021/22 | 77.0% |
| 2022/23 | 77.8% |
| 2023/24 | 80.1% |
| 2024/25 | 83.3% |
| 2025/26 | 85.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,445 |
| 2017 | 5,660 |
| 2018 | 5,620 |
| 2019 | 5,710 |
| 2020 | 5,830 |
| 2021 | 5,825 |
| 2022 | 5,880 |
| 2023 | 5,770 |
| 2024 | 5,850 |
| 2025 | 5,835 |
| 2026 | 5,905 |
Questions about East Staffordshire
What is the average house price in East Staffordshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £227,135.
What is the population of East Staffordshire?
The ONS estimates 131,541 people lived in East Staffordshire in mid-2025.
How much is Band D council tax in East Staffordshire?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,351.34 for 2026-27.
What is the crime rate in East Staffordshire?
Home Office figures show 8,456 offences in the year to March 2026, or 64.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in East Staffordshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.6 years for men and 83.4 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in East Staffordshire?
The ONS claimant count was 2,615 in August 2026, 3.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average salary in East Staffordshire?
Median pay for full-time employees living in East Staffordshire was £741.90 a week in April 2025 (£36,848 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Who has power over East Staffordshire
Every body that makes decisions for East Staffordshire, 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
- East Staffordshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- East Staffordshire 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
- Burton and Uttoxeter: Jacob Collier (Labour) MP
- Lichfield: Dave Robertson (Labour) 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: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the West Midlands
- UK figures: UK employment rate · UK average house price · UK population
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Newcastle-under-Lyme · Nuneaton and Bedworth · Rugby · South Staffordshire · Stafford · Wychavon
Related questions
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