Staffordshire Moorlands: local statistics
Staffordshire Moorlands is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 96,764 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 Staffordshire Moorlands, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
96,764 people lived in Staffordshire Moorlands in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.2% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is -0.3%, against +7.8% for the West Midlands as a whole. That is the slowest growth of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands. The series peaked at 97,102 in mid-2015.
2.2% of Staffordshire Moorlands residents aged 16 to 64 (1,210 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 5.3% in the West Midlands. The rate was the same a year earlier. The five-year high was 2.9% (August 2021); the low was 1.9% (October 2023).
Homes in Staffordshire Moorlands sold for an average of £224,415 in July 2026, up 7.1% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it the 25th highest of all 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, 48% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Staffordshire Moorlands (£38,228) gives a ratio of 5.9. That ratio is the 27th highest ratio of 30 in the West Midlands.
Police recorded 5,363 crimes in Staffordshire Moorlands in the year to March 2026, 55.4 for every 1,000 residents, the 17th highest rate of all 22 council areas in the West Midlands. The rate was 55.9 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 39.8 to 59.9 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Full-time employees living in Staffordshire Moorlands earned a median £770.10 a week in April 2025, or £38,228 over a year. That is 5.3% above the figure for the West Midlands and the 8th highest of 30 in the West Midlands. For full-time jobs located in Staffordshire Moorlands the median is £689.20 a week (−£80.90 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £495.70: a change of +55% before inflation.
An estimated 70.9% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Staffordshire Moorlands were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 9.5 points either way; the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 70.9% and its highest 83.3%.
A Band D home in Staffordshire Moorlands pays an average of £2,338.21 in council tax in 2026-27, up £97.78 on 2025-26. That makes it 21st of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,520.30, so it has risen 54%.
The ONS counted 4,530 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Staffordshire Moorlands in March 2026, 1% fewer than in 2016. That is 47 for every 1,000 residents, the 10th highest of 30 in the West Midlands.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Staffordshire Moorlands had a life expectancy at birth of 83.7 years; for men it was 79.9, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.5 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 less. It is 11th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest for women.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 97,102 |
| 2016 | 96,932 |
| 2017 | 96,947 |
| 2018 | 96,591 |
| 2019 | 96,366 |
| 2020 | 95,955 |
| 2021 | 95,975 |
| 2022 | 95,831 |
| 2023 | 96,031 |
| 2024 | 96,528 |
| 2025 | 96,764 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £151,862 |
| July 2017 | £162,675 |
| July 2018 | £162,676 |
| July 2019 | £168,635 |
| July 2020 | £174,597 |
| July 2021 | £189,773 |
| July 2022 | £208,830 |
| July 2023 | £206,996 |
| July 2024 | £214,450 |
| July 2025 | £209,452 |
| July 2026 | £224,415 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £495.70 a week |
| 2016 | £525.60 a week |
| 2017 | £517.80 a week |
| 2018 | £537.70 a week |
| 2019 | £575.90 a week |
| 2020 | £567.00 a week |
| 2021 | £602.60 a week |
| 2022 | £619.50 a week |
| 2023 | £709.50 a week |
| 2024 | £731.80 a week |
| 2025 | £770.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,520.30 |
| 2017-18 | £1,583.72 |
| 2018-19 | £1,671.14 |
| 2019-20 | £1,739.79 |
| 2020-21 | £1,805.36 |
| 2021-22 | £1,890.39 |
| 2022-23 | £1,949.83 |
| 2023-24 | £2,038.19 |
| 2024-25 | £2,135 |
| 2025-26 | £2,240.43 |
| 2026-27 | £2,338.21 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 39.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 47.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 47.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 49.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 45.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 41.6 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 44.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 59.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 51.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 55.9 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 55.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.5% |
| 2016/17 | 77.3% |
| 2017/18 | 78.2% |
| 2018/19 | 79.1% |
| 2019/20 | 79.9% |
| 2020/21 | 83.3% |
| 2021/22 | 82.9% |
| 2022/23 | 78.6% |
| 2023/24 | 80.4% |
| 2024/25 | 77.9% |
| 2025/26 | 70.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,575 |
| 2017 | 4,635 |
| 2018 | 4,635 |
| 2019 | 4,655 |
| 2020 | 4,700 |
| 2021 | 4,615 |
| 2022 | 4,600 |
| 2023 | 4,585 |
| 2024 | 4,600 |
| 2025 | 4,535 |
| 2026 | 4,530 |
Questions about Staffordshire Moorlands
What is the population of Staffordshire Moorlands?
The ONS estimates 96,764 people lived in Staffordshire Moorlands in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Staffordshire Moorlands?
The ONS claimant count was 1,210 in August 2026, 2.2% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Staffordshire Moorlands?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £224,415.
What is the crime rate in Staffordshire Moorlands?
55.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average salary in Staffordshire Moorlands?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Staffordshire Moorlands was £770.10 a week in April 2025 (£38,228 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Staffordshire Moorlands?
£2,338.21 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Staffordshire Moorlands?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.9 years for men and 83.7 for women.
Who has power over Staffordshire Moorlands
Every body that makes decisions for Staffordshire Moorlands, 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
- Staffordshire Moorlands council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Staffordshire Moorlands 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
- Staffordshire Moorlands: Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative) MP
- Stoke-on-Trent South: Dr Allison Gardner (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 population · UK unemployment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Bromsgrove · Cannock Chase · Malvern Hills · Redditch · Worcester · Wyre Forest
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