Spelthorne: local statistics
Spelthorne is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 107,188 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 Spelthorne, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The median full-time employee living in Spelthorne was paid £876.70 a week before tax in April 2025 (£44,265 a year). That is 7.5% above the figure for the South East and the 14th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East. For full-time jobs located in Spelthorne the median is £749.60 a week (−£127.10 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £660.60: a change of +33% before inflation.
In August 2026, 2,400 people in Spelthorne were on the claimant count, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. 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 September 2022.
A typical home in Spelthorne cost £439,609 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a fall of 2.9% in twelve months. It ranks as 22nd of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest (regional average £380,878). Since July 2016 prices have risen 17%; the July high in the series was £452,519 in 2025. The average price is 9.9 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Spelthorne. That ratio is the 21st highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
The police recorded 75.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in Spelthorne in the year to March 2026 (8,066 offences in all), the 18th highest rate of the 55 council areas in the South East. That compares with 81.2 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 59.0 to 81.4 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
5,335 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Spelthorne in March 2026, 1% fewer than in 2016. That is 50 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (28th highest).
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Spelthorne is £2,526.44, 4.7% more than in 2025-26. It is 25th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,675.91.
Life expectancy at birth in Spelthorne is 84.9 years for women and 80.9 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 1.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 more. It is mid-table in the South East, 29th of 64.
107,188 people lived in Spelthorne in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.7% on a year earlier. That is 7,433 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 7.5%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, mid-table in the South East, 34th of 64. No earlier year in the series was higher.
An estimated 78.7% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Spelthorne were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 11.0 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 74.7% and its highest 87.6%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 99,755 |
| 2016 | 100,461 |
| 2017 | 100,819 |
| 2018 | 101,151 |
| 2019 | 102,062 |
| 2020 | 102,304 |
| 2021 | 103,036 |
| 2022 | 103,700 |
| 2023 | 104,701 |
| 2024 | 106,453 |
| 2025 | 107,188 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £374,378 |
| July 2017 | £381,152 |
| July 2018 | £389,420 |
| July 2019 | £375,469 |
| July 2020 | £379,844 |
| July 2021 | £361,354 |
| July 2022 | £415,332 |
| July 2023 | £422,525 |
| July 2024 | £420,610 |
| July 2025 | £452,519 |
| July 2026 | £439,609 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £660.60 a week |
| 2016 | £654.10 a week |
| 2017 | £638.20 a week |
| 2018 | £628.50 a week |
| 2019 | £634.70 a week |
| 2020 | £677.50 a week |
| 2021 | £738.00 a week |
| 2022 | £708.70 a week |
| 2023 | £749.40 a week |
| 2024 | £794.70 a week |
| 2025 | £876.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,675.91 |
| 2017-18 | £1,748.56 |
| 2018-19 | £1,845.30 |
| 2019-20 | £1,916.51 |
| 2020-21 | £1,987.08 |
| 2021-22 | £2,039.70 |
| 2022-23 | £2,132 |
| 2023-24 | £2,201.79 |
| 2024-25 | £2,304.56 |
| 2025-26 | £2,412.78 |
| 2026-27 | £2,526.44 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 59.0 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 63.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 72.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 77.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 76.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 70.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 75.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 80.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 81.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 81.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 75.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.3% |
| 2016/17 | 81.4% |
| 2017/18 | 83.1% |
| 2018/19 | 87.6% |
| 2019/20 | 82.5% |
| 2020/21 | 76.1% |
| 2021/22 | 80.3% |
| 2022/23 | 79.0% |
| 2023/24 | 77.2% |
| 2024/25 | 74.7% |
| 2025/26 | 78.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,365 |
| 2017 | 5,270 |
| 2018 | 5,255 |
| 2019 | 5,295 |
| 2020 | 5,415 |
| 2021 | 5,345 |
| 2022 | 5,245 |
| 2023 | 5,160 |
| 2024 | 5,190 |
| 2025 | 5,190 |
| 2026 | 5,335 |
Questions about Spelthorne
What is the average salary in Spelthorne?
£876.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Spelthorne?
The ONS claimant count was 2,400 in August 2026, 3.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Spelthorne?
£439,609 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-2.9% on a year).
What is the crime rate in Spelthorne?
Home Office figures show 8,066 offences in the year to March 2026, or 75.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Spelthorne?
£2,526.44 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Spelthorne?
84.9 years for women and 80.9 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of Spelthorne?
The ONS estimates 107,188 people lived in Spelthorne in mid-2025.
Who has power over Spelthorne
Every body that makes decisions for Spelthorne, 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
- Spelthorne council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Spelthorne 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
- Spelthorne: Lincoln Jopp (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 South East
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · UK unemployment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the South East: Eastbourne · Gravesham · Hart · Lewes · Rushmoor · Woking
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