Malvern Hills: local statistics
Malvern Hills is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 84,380 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 Malvern Hills, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Malvern Hills was £350,772 in July 2026, up 5.5% on July 2025. That is the 3rd highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. This July figure is the highest in the series, 43% up on July 2016. The average price is 9.9 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Malvern Hills. That ratio is the highest ratio in the West Midlands.
The claimant count for Malvern Hills stood at 1,160 in August 2026, or 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 5.3% in the West Midlands. A year earlier the rate was 2.3%. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.5% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.2% in December 2025.
Life expectancy at birth in Malvern Hills is 84.2 years for women and 80.7 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +1.0 years for women and +0.5 for men. It is the 6th highest for women of 30 in the West Midlands.
The ONS estimates that 84,380 people lived in Malvern Hills in mid-2025, a change of +1.3% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 11.0%, against +7.8% for the West Midlands as a whole. That is 8th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
Full-time employees living in Malvern Hills earned a median £766.10 a week in April 2025 (£35,429 a year). It is the 9th highest of 30 in the West Midlands, and 4.8% more than across the West Midlands. Jobs based in Malvern Hills paid a median £747.30 a week, £18.80 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £535.20, so it has risen 43% before inflation.
4,705 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Malvern Hills in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. There are 56 per 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
Average Band D council tax in Malvern Hills is £2,450.92 for 2026-27, 7.5% more than in 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (14th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,593.49, so it has risen 54%.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Malvern Hills 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.
An estimated 75.9% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Malvern Hills were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.8 points); the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 70.6% and its highest 79.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 76,024 |
| 2016 | 76,391 |
| 2017 | 76,696 |
| 2018 | 77,362 |
| 2019 | 77,872 |
| 2020 | 78,288 |
| 2021 | 79,969 |
| 2022 | 81,079 |
| 2023 | 82,047 |
| 2024 | 83,262 |
| 2025 | 84,380 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £246,002 |
| July 2017 | £262,517 |
| July 2018 | £260,507 |
| July 2019 | £281,920 |
| July 2020 | £270,570 |
| July 2021 | £307,074 |
| July 2022 | £323,053 |
| July 2023 | £329,842 |
| July 2024 | £333,244 |
| July 2025 | £332,499 |
| July 2026 | £350,772 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £535.20 a week |
| 2016 | £496.70 a week |
| 2017 | £542.60 a week |
| 2018 | £538.50 a week |
| 2019 | £558.60 a week |
| 2020 | £574.90 a week |
| 2021 | £595.60 a week |
| 2022 | £601.70 a week |
| 2023 | £723.20 a week |
| 2024 | £788.40 a week |
| 2025 | £766.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,593.49 |
| 2017-18 | £1,638.21 |
| 2018-19 | £1,713.86 |
| 2019-20 | £1,790.78 |
| 2020-21 | £1,857.23 |
| 2021-22 | £1,913.19 |
| 2022-23 | £1,983.90 |
| 2023-24 | £2,081.77 |
| 2024-25 | £2,180.73 |
| 2025-26 | £2,280.82 |
| 2026-27 | £2,450.92 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 70.6% |
| 2016/17 | 73.1% |
| 2017/18 | 71.8% |
| 2018/19 | 71.5% |
| 2019/20 | 74.7% |
| 2020/21 | 73.6% |
| 2021/22 | 73.1% |
| 2022/23 | 77.3% |
| 2023/24 | 79.4% |
| 2024/25 | 76.2% |
| 2025/26 | 75.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.8 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,525 |
| 2017 | 4,635 |
| 2018 | 4,655 |
| 2019 | 4,735 |
| 2020 | 4,705 |
| 2021 | 4,675 |
| 2022 | 4,845 |
| 2023 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 4,625 |
| 2025 | 4,680 |
| 2026 | 4,705 |
Questions about Malvern Hills
What is the average house price in Malvern Hills?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £350,772.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Malvern Hills?
1,160 in August 2026 (2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Malvern Hills?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.7 years for men and 84.2 for women.
What is the population of Malvern Hills?
84,380 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Malvern Hills?
£766.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Malvern Hills?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,450.92 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Malvern Hills
Every body that makes decisions for Malvern Hills, 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
- Malvern Hills council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Malvern Hills 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
- West Worcestershire: Dame Harriett Baldwin (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 Malvern Hills, because the Home Office tables do not give Malvern Hills 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 unemployment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Bromsgrove · North Warwickshire · Redditch · Staffordshire Moorlands · Tamworth · Wyre Forest
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