Redditch: local statistics
Redditch is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 87,548 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 Redditch, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In mid-2025 the population of Redditch was estimated at 87,548, down 0.2% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +2.0% (the West Midlands: +7.8%). That is the 2nd slowest growth in the West Midlands. The series peaked at 87,728 in mid-2024.
3,385 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Redditch in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. That is 39 for every 1,000 residents, the 20th highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
In August 2026, 2,130 people in Redditch were on the claimant count, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 5.3% in the West Midlands. A year earlier the rate was 3.7%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.5% (September 2023) and 4.7% (August 2021).
The median full-time employee living in Redditch was paid £713.30 a week before tax in April 2025 (£35,251 a year). It is the 19th highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands, and 2.4% less than across the West Midlands. Jobs based in Redditch paid a median £706.10 a week, £7.20 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £428.30: a change of +67% before inflation.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Redditch is £2,462.95, 7.6% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 12th highest of 30 in the West Midlands. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,612.45.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Redditch at £245,573 for July 2026, down 1.9% on a year before. That is mid-table in the West Midlands, 15th of 30; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. The July peak was £250,420 in 2025, and prices are 42% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Redditch (£35,251) gives a ratio of 7.0. That ratio is 11th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Redditch had a life expectancy at birth of 83.0 years; for men it was 79.7, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.0 years for women and +0.9 for men. It is mid-table in the West Midlands, 16th of 30.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Redditch 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.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 75.7% of Redditch residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 8.0 points either way; the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 69.2% and its highest 86.5%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 85,866 |
| 2016 | 86,432 |
| 2017 | 86,463 |
| 2018 | 86,186 |
| 2019 | 86,307 |
| 2020 | 86,561 |
| 2021 | 86,981 |
| 2022 | 87,237 |
| 2023 | 87,489 |
| 2024 | 87,728 |
| 2025 | 87,548 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £172,431 |
| July 2017 | £180,261 |
| July 2018 | £188,006 |
| July 2019 | £192,165 |
| July 2020 | £200,552 |
| July 2021 | £215,469 |
| July 2022 | £238,017 |
| July 2023 | £237,755 |
| July 2024 | £247,219 |
| July 2025 | £250,420 |
| July 2026 | £245,573 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £428.30 a week |
| 2016 | £437.70 a week |
| 2017 | £454.00 a week |
| 2018 | £484.30 a week |
| 2019 | £527.20 a week |
| 2020 | £460.10 a week |
| 2021 | £504.70 a week |
| 2022 | £536.60 a week |
| 2023 | £619.40 a week |
| 2024 | £649.40 a week |
| 2025 | £713.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,612.45 |
| 2017-18 | £1,651.98 |
| 2018-19 | £1,725.67 |
| 2019-20 | £1,801.22 |
| 2020-21 | £1,866.77 |
| 2021-22 | £1,921.23 |
| 2022-23 | £1,990.55 |
| 2023-24 | £2,087.19 |
| 2024-25 | £2,185.50 |
| 2025-26 | £2,289.33 |
| 2026-27 | £2,462.95 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 69.2% |
| 2016/17 | 72.9% |
| 2017/18 | 83.1% |
| 2018/19 | 84.0% |
| 2019/20 | 81.2% |
| 2020/21 | 77.6% |
| 2021/22 | 73.9% |
| 2022/23 | 77.3% |
| 2023/24 | 86.5% |
| 2024/25 | 71.2% |
| 2025/26 | 75.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,260 |
| 2017 | 3,335 |
| 2018 | 3,325 |
| 2019 | 3,540 |
| 2020 | 3,740 |
| 2021 | 3,490 |
| 2022 | 3,550 |
| 2023 | 3,500 |
| 2024 | 3,490 |
| 2025 | 3,425 |
| 2026 | 3,385 |
Questions about Redditch
What is the population of Redditch?
The ONS estimates 87,548 people lived in Redditch in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Redditch?
The ONS claimant count was 2,130 in August 2026, 3.9% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average salary in Redditch?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Redditch was £713.30 a week in April 2025 (£35,251 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Redditch?
£2,462.95 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Redditch?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £245,573.
What is life expectancy in Redditch?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.7 years for men and 83.0 for women.
Who has power over Redditch
Every body that makes decisions for Redditch, 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
- Redditch council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Redditch 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
- Redditch: Chris Bloore (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 (police force area): This figure covers the whole West Mercia police force area, not just Redditch, because the Home Office tables do not give Redditch 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 population · UK unemployment rate · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Bromsgrove · Cannock Chase · Malvern Hills · Staffordshire Moorlands · Tamworth · Wyre Forest
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