South Staffordshire: local statistics
South Staffordshire is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 114,811 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 South Staffordshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The police recorded 50.6 crimes per 1,000 residents in South Staffordshire in the year to March 2026 (5,812 offences in all), the 3rd lowest rate of the 22 council areas in the West Midlands. That compares with 49.6 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 38.0 to 56.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In 2022 to 2024, women in South Staffordshire had a life expectancy at birth of 84.4 years; for men it was 80.3 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 1.0 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 less. It is 4th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest for women.
The average house price in South Staffordshire was £310,862 in July 2026, up 5.6% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 8th highest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (regional average £250,880). This July figure is the highest in the series, 57% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in South Staffordshire (£38,788) gives a ratio of 8.0. That ratio is the 6th highest ratio of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
In mid-2025 the population of South Staffordshire was estimated at 114,811, a change of +0.6% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 4.7%; the West Midlands grew by 7.8% over the same years. That is the 23rd fastest growth of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Average Band D council tax in South Staffordshire is £2,313.67 for 2026-27, 4.2% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 23rd highest of 30 in the West Midlands. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,488.85, so it has risen 55%.
The claimant count for South Staffordshire stood at 1,760 in August 2026, or 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the West Midlands: 5.3%). A year earlier the rate was 2.5%. The five-year high was 3.6% (August 2021); the low was 2.4% (September 2025).
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in South Staffordshire took home £764.60 a week before tax, or £38,788 over a year. That is 4.6% above the figure for the West Midlands and 10th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest. For full-time jobs located in South Staffordshire the median is £736.10 a week (−£28.50 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £545.60: a change of +40% before inflation.
An estimated 80.3% of people aged 16 to 64 living in South Staffordshire were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 8.1 points); the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 73.2% and its highest 90.0%.
4,665 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in South Staffordshire in March 2026, 2% more than in 2016. There are 41 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (15th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 109,704 |
| 2016 | 109,814 |
| 2017 | 110,302 |
| 2018 | 110,338 |
| 2019 | 110,478 |
| 2020 | 110,243 |
| 2021 | 110,787 |
| 2022 | 111,567 |
| 2023 | 113,280 |
| 2024 | 114,174 |
| 2025 | 114,811 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £198,194 |
| July 2017 | £210,362 |
| July 2018 | £211,897 |
| July 2019 | £221,410 |
| July 2020 | £234,238 |
| July 2021 | £255,063 |
| July 2022 | £273,664 |
| July 2023 | £278,027 |
| July 2024 | £284,484 |
| July 2025 | £294,465 |
| July 2026 | £310,862 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £545.60 a week |
| 2016 | £568.30 a week |
| 2017 | £590.80 a week |
| 2018 | £582.60 a week |
| 2019 | £628.60 a week |
| 2020 | £667.20 a week |
| 2021 | £628.10 a week |
| 2022 | £679.20 a week |
| 2023 | £723.60 a week |
| 2024 | £766.70 a week |
| 2025 | £764.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,488.85 |
| 2017-18 | £1,553.06 |
| 2018-19 | £1,640.65 |
| 2019-20 | £1,710.11 |
| 2020-21 | £1,779.10 |
| 2021-22 | £1,863.83 |
| 2022-23 | £1,922.50 |
| 2023-24 | £2,017.39 |
| 2024-25 | £2,115.31 |
| 2025-26 | £2,219.66 |
| 2026-27 | £2,313.67 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 38.0 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 43.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 49.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 47.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 45.3 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 41.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 41.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 56.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 49.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 49.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 50.6 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 77.2% |
| 2016/17 | 77.9% |
| 2017/18 | 78.4% |
| 2018/19 | 85.1% |
| 2019/20 | 82.7% |
| 2020/21 | 73.2% |
| 2021/22 | 82.3% |
| 2022/23 | 90.0% |
| 2023/24 | 80.0% |
| 2024/25 | 73.3% |
| 2025/26 | 80.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.0 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.1 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.6 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,570 |
| 2017 | 4,685 |
| 2018 | 4,680 |
| 2019 | 5,180 |
| 2020 | 5,050 |
| 2021 | 4,825 |
| 2022 | 4,860 |
| 2023 | 4,885 |
| 2024 | 4,750 |
| 2025 | 4,615 |
| 2026 | 4,665 |
Questions about South Staffordshire
What is the crime rate in South Staffordshire?
50.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is life expectancy in South Staffordshire?
84.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average house price in South Staffordshire?
£310,862 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+5.6% on a year).
What is the population of South Staffordshire?
114,811 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in South Staffordshire?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,313.67 for 2026-27.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in South Staffordshire?
1,760 in August 2026 (2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average salary in South Staffordshire?
£764.60 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over South Staffordshire
Every body that makes decisions for South 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
- South Staffordshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- South 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
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire: Mike Wood (Conservative) MP
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge: Sir Gavin Williamson (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: 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: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Bromsgrove · Cannock Chase · Lichfield · Rugby · Worcester · Wyre Forest
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