South Staffordshire

Key figures

16 of 16 measures have a published figure for South Staffordshire. 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 South Staffordshire, not our estimates.

• 858 births and 1,347 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 489.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 1,038 people.
• International migration (net) added 63 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 25.
• Altogether the population grew by 637 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

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 South Staffordshire: 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 South Staffordshire’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 South Staffordshire 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 (2026) — Conservative 28, Other and independent 6, Liberal Democrat 4, Labour 2, Green 2 of 42 seats.

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 South Staffordshire’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

6,539 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 57.0 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 2.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£38,788
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026858people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 2013108,131people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 2022110,472people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026108,131people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026110,475people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026108,131people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026110,475people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026110,479people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026108,131people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026110,472people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026108,131people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026110,472people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 6.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20261,760people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262.6%
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.2% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,314
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,347people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,498kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202510.5%
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202612,196kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · up 1.4 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20265.8%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 5.8% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£310,258
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202513.5
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20250%
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202515.6%
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,038people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026393people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202663people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026330people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-489people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202625people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 0.9% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025114,423people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.5 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20264.8%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 4.9% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£949
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · down 0.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£765

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for South Staffordshire; 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
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for South Staffordshire, 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.

• £1,779Year ending March 2021→£2,314Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In South Staffordshire, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,779 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,314 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £535 or 30.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,314 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,779 in the year ending March 2021 = £535, which is 30.0% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,313.67 and 1,779.10, and 2,313.67 − 1,779.10 = 534.57.

  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 South Staffordshire, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,779 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,314 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £535 or 30.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £26,4892008→£38,7882025

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

  In South Staffordshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £26,489 in 2008 to £38,788 in 2025, a change of £12,299 or 46.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £38,788 in 2025 − £26,489 in 2008 = £12,299, which is 46.4% 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 South Staffordshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £26,489 in 2008 to £38,788 in 2025, a change of £12,299 or 46.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £4902008→£7652025

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

  In South Staffordshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £490 in 2008 to £765 in 2025, a change of £275 or 56.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £765 in 2025 − £490 in 2008 = £275, which is 56.0% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 764.60 and 490.10, and 764.60 − 490.10 = 274.50.

  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 South Staffordshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £490 in 2008 to £765 in 2025, a change of £275 or 56.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 237Year to mid-2012→1,038Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In South Staffordshire, net internal migration by local authority rose from 237 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,038 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 801 or 338.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,038 in Year to mid-2025 − 237 in Year to mid-2012 = 801, which is 338.0% 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 South Staffordshire, net internal migration by local authority rose from 237 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,038 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 801 or 338.0% (ONS).

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• 90Year to mid-2012→393Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In South Staffordshire, international migration into a local authority rose from 90 in Year to mid-2012 to 393 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 303 or 336.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  393 in Year to mid-2025 − 90 in Year to mid-2012 = 303, which is 336.7% 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 South Staffordshire, international migration into a local authority rose from 90 in Year to mid-2012 to 393 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 303 or 336.7% (ONS).

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• 79Year to mid-2012→330Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In South Staffordshire, international migration out of a local authority rose from 79 in Year to mid-2012 to 330 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 251 or 317.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  330 in Year to mid-2025 − 79 in Year to mid-2012 = 251, which is 317.7% 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 South Staffordshire, international migration out of a local authority rose from 79 in Year to mid-2012 to 330 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 251 or 317.7% (ONS).

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• 11Year to mid-2012→63Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In South Staffordshire, net international migration by local authority rose from 11 in Year to mid-2012 to 63 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 52 or 472.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  63 in Year to mid-2025 − 11 in Year to mid-2012 = 52, which is 472.7% 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 South Staffordshire, net international migration by local authority rose from 11 in Year to mid-2012 to 63 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 52 or 472.7% (ONS).

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• 959Year to mid-2012→858Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In South Staffordshire, births by local authority fell from 959 in Year to mid-2012 to 858 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 101 or 10.5% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  858 in Year to mid-2025 − 959 in Year to mid-2012 = −101, which is 10.5% 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 South Staffordshire, births by local authority fell from 959 in Year to mid-2012 to 858 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 101 or 10.5% (ONS).

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• 1,081Year to mid-2012→1,347Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In South Staffordshire, deaths by local authority rose from 1,081 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,347 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 266 or 24.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,347 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,081 in Year to mid-2012 = 266, which is 24.6% 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 South Staffordshire, deaths by local authority rose from 1,081 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,347 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 266 or 24.6% (ONS).

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• -122Year to mid-2012→-489Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In South Staffordshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from -122 in Year to mid-2012 to -489 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 367 or 300.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -489 in Year to mid-2025 − -122 in Year to mid-2012 = −367, which is 300.8% 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 South Staffordshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from -122 in Year to mid-2012 to -489 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 367 or 300.8% (ONS).

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• -113Year to mid-2012→25Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In South Staffordshire, other population change by local authority rose from -113 in Year to mid-2012 to 25 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 138 or 122.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  25 in Year to mid-2025 − -113 in Year to mid-2012 = 138, which is 122.1% 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 South Staffordshire, other population change by local authority rose from -113 in Year to mid-2012 to 25 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 138 or 122.1% (ONS).

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Compare South Staffordshire with another place

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

• South Staffordshire and Birmingham
• South Staffordshire and Leeds
• South Staffordshire and North Yorkshire
• South Staffordshire and Somerset
• South Staffordshire and Cornwall
• South Staffordshire and Buckinghamshire

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

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

• Bromsgrove · compare
• Cannock Chase · compare
• Dudley · compare
• Shropshire · compare
• Stafford · compare
• Telford and Wrekin · compare

Areas like South Staffordshire

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to South Staffordshire’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

• East Lothian · compare
• Tewkesbury · compare
• Stafford · compare
• Charnwood · compare
• East Suffolk · compare
• West Suffolk · compare

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for South Staffordshire said then and says now, with the periods named. South Staffordshire 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 South Staffordshire 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.