Stratford-on-Avon: local statistics
Stratford-on-Avon is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 148,772 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 Stratford-on-Avon, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Stratford-on-Avon at £396,753 for July 2026, up 1.6% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the highest of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands (regional average £250,880). Prices are 36% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Stratford-on-Avon (£41,280) gives a ratio of 9.6. That ratio is the 2nd highest ratio of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
148,772 people lived in Stratford-on-Avon in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 1.8% on mid-2024. That is 25,922 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 21.1%, against +7.8% for the West Midlands as a whole, the fastest growth in the West Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
2.2% of Stratford-on-Avon residents aged 16 to 64 (1,870 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 5.3% in the West Midlands. A year earlier the rate was 1.9%. Over the last five years it peaked at 2.9% in August 2021 and was lowest at 1.8% in May 2024.
A girl born in Stratford-on-Avon in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.4 years and a boy 81.3 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.8 years for women and +0.4 for men. It is the highest for women of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Stratford-on-Avon took home £817.60 a week before tax, or £41,280 over a year. That is 11.8% above the figure for the West Midlands and the 6th highest of 30 in the West Midlands. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £956.80, £139.20 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £544.20: a change of +50% before inflation.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Stratford-on-Avon is £2,484.17, 4.4% more than in 2025-26. That makes it 9th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,630.18, so it has risen 52%.
The ONS counted 9,130 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Stratford-on-Avon in March 2026, 3% more than in 2016. There are 61 per 1,000 residents, the 2nd highest of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Stratford-on-Avon on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Warwickshire police force area: 39,558 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 19 more than the year before.
An estimated 78.2% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Stratford-on-Avon were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 5.7 points); the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 75.1% and its highest 86.2%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 122,850 |
| 2016 | 123,729 |
| 2017 | 125,624 |
| 2018 | 127,565 |
| 2019 | 129,816 |
| 2020 | 131,979 |
| 2021 | 135,946 |
| 2022 | 138,797 |
| 2023 | 143,080 |
| 2024 | 146,196 |
| 2025 | 148,772 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £291,484 |
| July 2017 | £310,950 |
| July 2018 | £326,154 |
| July 2019 | £311,259 |
| July 2020 | £305,813 |
| July 2021 | £336,540 |
| July 2022 | £366,063 |
| July 2023 | £363,133 |
| July 2024 | £369,631 |
| July 2025 | £390,398 |
| July 2026 | £396,753 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £544.20 a week |
| 2016 | £568.50 a week |
| 2017 | £609.70 a week |
| 2018 | £639.90 a week |
| 2019 | £641.90 a week |
| 2020 | £599.70 a week |
| 2021 | £674.70 a week |
| 2022 | £731.30 a week |
| 2023 | £732.30 a week |
| 2024 | £769.40 a week |
| 2025 | £817.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,630.18 |
| 2017-18 | £1,684.92 |
| 2018-19 | £1,763.96 |
| 2019-20 | £1,859.93 |
| 2020-21 | £1,933.40 |
| 2021-22 | £2,000.76 |
| 2022-23 | £2,073.84 |
| 2023-24 | £2,158.66 |
| 2024-25 | £2,263.85 |
| 2025-26 | £2,379.91 |
| 2026-27 | £2,484.17 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.8% |
| 2016/17 | 80.1% |
| 2017/18 | 78.8% |
| 2018/19 | 75.1% |
| 2019/20 | 86.2% |
| 2020/21 | 75.9% |
| 2021/22 | 80.3% |
| 2022/23 | 84.6% |
| 2023/24 | 81.7% |
| 2024/25 | 83.9% |
| 2025/26 | 78.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.5 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,860 |
| 2017 | 9,010 |
| 2018 | 8,945 |
| 2019 | 9,340 |
| 2020 | 9,395 |
| 2021 | 9,185 |
| 2022 | 9,460 |
| 2023 | 9,455 |
| 2024 | 9,300 |
| 2025 | 9,065 |
| 2026 | 9,130 |
Questions about Stratford-on-Avon
What is the average house price in Stratford-on-Avon?
£396,753 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.6% on a year).
What is the population of Stratford-on-Avon?
148,772 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Stratford-on-Avon?
The ONS claimant count was 1,870 in August 2026, 2.2% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Stratford-on-Avon?
85.4 years for women and 81.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in Stratford-on-Avon?
£817.60 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Stratford-on-Avon?
£2,484.17 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Stratford-on-Avon
Every body that makes decisions for Stratford-on-Avon, 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
- Stratford-on-Avon council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Stratford-on-Avon 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
- Kenilworth and Southam: Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative) MP
- Stratford-on-Avon: Manuela Perteghella (Liberal Democrat) 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 Warwickshire police force area, not just Stratford-on-Avon, because the Home Office tables do not give Stratford-on-Avon 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 population · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: East Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme · Nuneaton and Bedworth · Stafford · Warwick · Wychavon
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