Wychavon: local statistics
Wychavon is a district council area in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 139,175 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 Wychavon, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Life expectancy at birth in Wychavon is 84.7 years for women and 80.3 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.4 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.7 less. It is the 2nd highest for women of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
The ONS estimates that 139,175 people lived in Wychavon in mid-2025, up 0.7% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 14.1% (the West Midlands: +7.8%). That is the 4th fastest growth of 30 in the West Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 84.2% of Wychavon residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 5.8 points either way, against 73.6% across the West Midlands. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 75.3% to 84.2%.
A typical home in Wychavon cost £322,623 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 1.1% in twelve months. It ranks as 7th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. Prices are 38% 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 Wychavon (£36,175) gives a ratio of 8.9. That ratio is the 3rd highest ratio of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands.
The claimant count for Wychavon stood at 2,065 in August 2026, or 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the West Midlands was 5.3%. A year earlier the rate was 2.5%. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.3% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.4% in September 2023.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Wychavon took home £718.40 a week before tax (£36,175 a year). It is mid-table in the West Midlands, 18th of 30, and 1.7% less than across the West Midlands. The workplace figure, £716.30, is within £5 of it. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £522.90: a change of +37% before inflation.
A Band D home in Wychavon pays an average of £2,373.19 in council tax in 2026-27, up £172.21 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands (17th highest). Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,551.20.
7,340 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Wychavon in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. That is 53 for every 1,000 residents, 6th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Wychavon 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.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 121,990 |
| 2016 | 123,632 |
| 2017 | 125,694 |
| 2018 | 127,335 |
| 2019 | 129,003 |
| 2020 | 130,419 |
| 2021 | 133,084 |
| 2022 | 134,575 |
| 2023 | 136,959 |
| 2024 | 138,187 |
| 2025 | 139,175 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £234,633 |
| July 2017 | £241,443 |
| July 2018 | £254,666 |
| July 2019 | £253,714 |
| July 2020 | £258,110 |
| July 2021 | £284,151 |
| July 2022 | £318,707 |
| July 2023 | £310,476 |
| July 2024 | £312,481 |
| July 2025 | £319,180 |
| July 2026 | £322,623 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £522.90 a week |
| 2016 | £530.50 a week |
| 2017 | £549.30 a week |
| 2018 | £554.30 a week |
| 2019 | £563.20 a week |
| 2020 | £540.90 a week |
| 2021 | £552.20 a week |
| 2022 | £611.10 a week |
| 2023 | £632.00 a week |
| 2024 | £670.80 a week |
| 2025 | £718.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,551.20 |
| 2017-18 | £1,589.57 |
| 2018-19 | £1,658.41 |
| 2019-20 | £1,730.48 |
| 2020-21 | £1,793.23 |
| 2021-22 | £1,843.91 |
| 2022-23 | £1,909.21 |
| 2023-24 | £2,002.40 |
| 2024-25 | £2,100.65 |
| 2025-26 | £2,200.98 |
| 2026-27 | £2,373.19 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 80.6% |
| 2016/17 | 80.5% |
| 2017/18 | 77.1% |
| 2018/19 | 80.0% |
| 2019/20 | 79.0% |
| 2020/21 | 80.2% |
| 2021/22 | 78.4% |
| 2022/23 | 83.0% |
| 2023/24 | 75.3% |
| 2024/25 | 75.6% |
| 2025/26 | 84.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 7,035 |
| 2017 | 7,135 |
| 2018 | 7,200 |
| 2019 | 7,385 |
| 2020 | 7,810 |
| 2021 | 7,795 |
| 2022 | 8,210 |
| 2023 | 7,710 |
| 2024 | 7,460 |
| 2025 | 7,560 |
| 2026 | 7,340 |
Questions about Wychavon
What is life expectancy in Wychavon?
84.7 years for women and 80.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of Wychavon?
The ONS estimates 139,175 people lived in Wychavon in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in Wychavon?
£322,623 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.1% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Wychavon?
The ONS claimant count was 2,065 in August 2026, 2.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average salary in Wychavon?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Wychavon was £718.40 a week in April 2025 (£36,175 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Wychavon?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,373.19 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Wychavon
Every body that makes decisions for Wychavon, 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
- Wychavon council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Wychavon 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
- Droitwich and Evesham: Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) MP
- Redditch: Chris Bloore (Labour) MP
- West Worcestershire: Dame Harriett Baldwin (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 (police force area): This figure covers the whole West Mercia police force area, not just Wychavon, because the Home Office tables do not give Wychavon 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: Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK population · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: East Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme · Nuneaton and Bedworth · Rugby · Stafford · Stratford-on-Avon
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