Lichfield: local statistics
Lichfield is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 113,270 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 Lichfield, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The claimant count for Lichfield stood at 1,565 in August 2026, or 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the West Midlands was 5.3%. That compares with 2.2% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.3% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.1% in September 2025.
Life expectancy at birth in Lichfield is 84.5 years for women and 80.9 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.9 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.0 more. It is the 3rd highest for women of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
The average house price in Lichfield was £335,799 in July 2026, up 2.8% on July 2025. It ranks as 5th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. This July figure is the highest in the series, 46% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Lichfield (£41,803) gives a ratio of 8.0. That ratio is 5th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
The median full-time employee living in Lichfield was paid £862.40 a week before tax in April 2025 (£41,803 a year). It is 4th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest, and 18.0% more than across the West Midlands. For full-time jobs located in Lichfield the median is £663.50 a week (−£198.90 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £593.90, so it has risen 45% before inflation.
Police recorded 6,201 crimes in Lichfield in the year to March 2026, 54.7 for every 1,000 residents, the 18th highest rate of all 22 council areas in the West Midlands. The rate was 53.8 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 40.9 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
113,270 people lived in Lichfield in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 1.4% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +10.6%; the West Midlands grew by 7.8% over the same years. That is 9th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
An estimated 80.1% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Lichfield were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 7.1 points either way, against 73.6% across the West Midlands. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 72.0% to 85.0%.
A Band D home in Lichfield pays an average of £2,351.90 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.1% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 19th highest of 30 in the West Midlands. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,539.00.
The ONS counted 5,550 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Lichfield in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. There are 49 per 1,000 residents, 9th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 102,430 |
| 2016 | 102,624 |
| 2017 | 102,975 |
| 2018 | 103,163 |
| 2019 | 104,179 |
| 2020 | 105,008 |
| 2021 | 106,883 |
| 2022 | 108,243 |
| 2023 | 110,161 |
| 2024 | 111,710 |
| 2025 | 113,270 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £229,301 |
| July 2017 | £231,371 |
| July 2018 | £246,638 |
| July 2019 | £239,204 |
| July 2020 | £252,005 |
| July 2021 | £270,918 |
| July 2022 | £302,252 |
| July 2023 | £312,016 |
| July 2024 | £308,597 |
| July 2025 | £326,511 |
| July 2026 | £335,799 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £593.90 a week |
| 2016 | £660.50 a week |
| 2017 | £612.10 a week |
| 2018 | £638.60 a week |
| 2019 | £671.00 a week |
| 2020 | £642.50 a week |
| 2021 | £684.30 a week |
| 2022 | £706.00 a week |
| 2023 | £770.10 a week |
| 2024 | £794.00 a week |
| 2025 | £862.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,539 |
| 2017-18 | £1,604.32 |
| 2018-19 | £1,693.45 |
| 2019-20 | £1,762.55 |
| 2020-21 | £1,829.53 |
| 2021-22 | £1,915.61 |
| 2022-23 | £1,971.63 |
| 2023-24 | £2,057.76 |
| 2024-25 | £2,155.20 |
| 2025-26 | £2,259.21 |
| 2026-27 | £2,351.90 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 40.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 47.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 53.2 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 56.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 55.5 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 43.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 43.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 62.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 52.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 53.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 54.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.1% |
| 2016/17 | 76.5% |
| 2017/18 | 77.0% |
| 2018/19 | 79.1% |
| 2019/20 | 74.2% |
| 2020/21 | 75.1% |
| 2021/22 | 72.0% |
| 2022/23 | 85.0% |
| 2023/24 | 84.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78.3% |
| 2025/26 | 80.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.4 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.5 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,340 |
| 2017 | 5,715 |
| 2018 | 5,925 |
| 2019 | 5,480 |
| 2020 | 5,440 |
| 2021 | 5,465 |
| 2022 | 5,585 |
| 2023 | 5,505 |
| 2024 | 5,550 |
| 2025 | 5,490 |
| 2026 | 5,550 |
Questions about Lichfield
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Lichfield?
The ONS claimant count was 1,565 in August 2026, 2.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Lichfield?
84.5 years for women and 80.9 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average house price in Lichfield?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £335,799.
What is the average salary in Lichfield?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Lichfield was £862.40 a week in April 2025 (£41,803 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in Lichfield?
Home Office figures show 6,201 offences in the year to March 2026, or 54.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Lichfield?
113,270 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Lichfield?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,351.90 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Lichfield
Every body that makes decisions for Lichfield, 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
- Lichfield council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Lichfield 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
- Lichfield: Dave Robertson (Labour) MP
- Tamworth: Sarah Edwards (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 unemployment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Bromsgrove · Cannock Chase · Rugby · South Staffordshire · Worcester · Wyre Forest
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