Dudley

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Dudley. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Dudley, not our estimates.

• 3,307 births and 3,421 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 114.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 1,667 people.
• International migration (net) added 1,142 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 7.
• Altogether the population grew by 2,702 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Dudley: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Dudley’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Dudley moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average house price and average private rent rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Conservative minority administration (2026) — Conservative 27, Reform UK 23, Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 4, Other and independent 3 of 72 seats.

Since 2016: Labour (largest party, no overall majority) (2016–2017); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2018–2019); Labour (largest party, no overall majority) (2020); Conservative (2021–2023); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2024); Conservative minority administration (2025–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Dudley’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

26,355 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 78.9 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Dudley’s 203 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Dudley 037B (rank 1,001), Dudley 006H (rank 1,089), Dudley 010B (rank 1,137). Least deprived: Dudley 041A (rank 33,498), Dudley 036C (rank 33,280), Dudley 014B (rank 33,224).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 2.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£35,486 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · down 3.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£32,743 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 2.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£36,859 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · down 8.7% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 2026611 people
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,307 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026312,925 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026323,486 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 0.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20269,290 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20264.6%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · down 6.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£615.7m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · up 52.9% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£131.8m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · down 27.7% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£16.2m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 192.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£25.7m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 2.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£558m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 5.2% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,145 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,421 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 2025142,230 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,130 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202516.2% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202611,323 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · up 4.3 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20265%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 5.0% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£230,781
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 202632 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026454 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202523.2 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202510.8% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202526.7% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,667 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,577 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,142 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,435 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-114 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20267 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025331,930 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.8 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20263.3%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 3.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£853 a month
• People resettled in each council area2019 Q4 · down 60.0% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 20264 people
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 202626 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 4.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£707 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Dudley; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for Dudley, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 13,9352012→11,3232024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Dudley, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 13,935 in 2012 to 11,323 in 2024, a change of 2,611 or 18.7% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  11,323 in 2024 − 13,935 in 2012 = −2,611, which is 18.7% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 11,323.32 and 13,934.75, and 11,323.32 − 13,934.75 = 2,611.42.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 13,935 in 2012 to 11,323 in 2024, a change of 2,611 or 18.7% (DESNZ).

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• 3,8172012→3,1302024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Dudley, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,817 in 2012 to 3,130 in 2024, a change of 687 or 18.0% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,130 in 2024 − 3,817 in 2012 = −687, which is 18.0% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 3,129.79 and 3,817.00, and 3,129.79 − 3,817.00 = 687.21.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,817 in 2012 to 3,130 in 2024, a change of 687 or 18.0% (DESNZ).

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• £1,606Year ending March 2021→£2,145Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Dudley, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,606 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,145 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £539 or 33.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,145 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,606 in the year ending March 2021 = £539, which is 33.6% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,144.84 and 1,605.96, and 2,144.84 − 1,605.96 = 538.88.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Dudley, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,606 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,145 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £539 or 33.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £23,0572008→£35,4862025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Dudley, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £23,057 in 2008 to £35,486 in 2025, a change of £12,429 or 53.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £35,486 in 2025 − £23,057 in 2008 = £12,429, which is 53.9% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Dudley, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £23,057 in 2008 to £35,486 in 2025, a change of £12,429 or 53.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £4122008→£7072025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Dudley, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £412 in 2008 to £707 in 2025, a change of £295 or 71.5%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £707 in 2025 − £412 in 2008 = £295, which is 71.5% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 707.10 and 412.40, and 707.10 − 412.40 = 294.70.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Dudley, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £412 in 2008 to £707 in 2025, a change of £295 or 71.5%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• -778Year to mid-2012→1,667Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Dudley, net internal migration by local authority rose from -778 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,667 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,445 or 314.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,667 in Year to mid-2025 − -778 in Year to mid-2012 = 2,445, which is 314.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, net internal migration by local authority rose from -778 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,667 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,445 or 314.3% (ONS).

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• 596Year to mid-2012→2,577Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Dudley, international migration into a local authority rose from 596 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,577 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,981 or 332.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,577 in Year to mid-2025 − 596 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,981, which is 332.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, international migration into a local authority rose from 596 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,577 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,981 or 332.4% (ONS).

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• 509Year to mid-2012→1,435Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Dudley, international migration out of a local authority rose from 509 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,435 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 926 or 181.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,435 in Year to mid-2025 − 509 in Year to mid-2012 = 926, which is 181.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, international migration out of a local authority rose from 509 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,435 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 926 or 181.9% (ONS).

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• 87Year to mid-2012→1,142Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Dudley, net international migration by local authority rose from 87 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,142 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,055 or 1212.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,142 in Year to mid-2025 − 87 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,055, which is 1212.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, net international migration by local authority rose from 87 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,142 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,055 or 1212.6% (ONS).

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• 3,853Year to mid-2012→3,307Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Dudley, births by local authority fell from 3,853 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,307 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 546 or 14.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,307 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,853 in Year to mid-2012 = −546, which is 14.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, births by local authority fell from 3,853 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,307 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 546 or 14.2% (ONS).

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• 2,894Year to mid-2012→3,421Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Dudley, deaths by local authority rose from 2,894 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,421 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 527 or 18.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,421 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,894 in Year to mid-2012 = 527, which is 18.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, deaths by local authority rose from 2,894 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,421 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 527 or 18.2% (ONS).

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• 959Year to mid-2012→-114Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Dudley, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 959 in Year to mid-2012 to -114 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,073 or 111.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -114 in Year to mid-2025 − 959 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,073, which is 111.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 959 in Year to mid-2012 to -114 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,073 or 111.9% (ONS).

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• 102Year to mid-2012→7Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Dudley, other population change by local authority fell from 102 in Year to mid-2012 to 7 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 95 or 93.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  7 in Year to mid-2025 − 102 in Year to mid-2012 = −95, which is 93.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Dudley, other population change by local authority fell from 102 in Year to mid-2012 to 7 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 95 or 93.1% (ONS).

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• £427.2m2010 Q1→£615.7m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Dudley, outstanding council borrowing rose from £427.2m in 2010 Q1 to £615.7m in 2026 Q2, a change of £188.5m or 44.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £615.7m in 2026 Q2 − £427.2m in 2010 Q1 = £188.5m, which is 44.1% of the figure for 2010 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 615.74 and 427.25, and 615.74 − 427.25 = 188.49.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Dudley, outstanding council borrowing rose from £427.2m in 2010 Q1 to £615.7m in 2026 Q2, a change of £188.5m or 44.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare Dudley with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Dudley and Birmingham
• Dudley and Leeds
• Dudley and North Yorkshire
• Dudley and Somerset
• Dudley and Cornwall
• Dudley and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

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Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Dudley said then and says now, with the periods named. Dudley since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Dudley are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.