Cannock South

Cannock Chase · West Midlands · population 8,455 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,372 of 6,856 in England
  • #510 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 13 in Cannock Chase
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,299
Median age (est.)38
Density2,534per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 27%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 12%
One person 37%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 15% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Elementary15%
Professional12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Cannock South is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,372 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 13 in Cannock Chase. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here sold for about £195,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 105 sales), 15% below the wider Cannock Chase median of £229,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,884 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 147 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 22 · #5,366
Employment 17 · #5,701
Education 14 · #5,921
Health 12 · #6,010
Crime 31 · #4,707
Housing & access 89 · #738
Living environment 51 · #3,336

House prices ?

£195,000median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£195,000105+4.3%+24.6%
Detached£275,00011+2.6%-1.3%
Semi-detached£206,10052+5.8%+31.7%
Terraced£176,92526+4.1%+13.8%
Flat£95,00016-17.4%+14.8%
This area£195,000
Cannock Chase£229,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£31,884±£4,508 · #5,984 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,676
Price-to-income ?6.1×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

50Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

147 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,240 offences
Cannock Chase75
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,876 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences501
Theft355
Burglary33
Vehicle crime58
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons153
Drugs34
Robbery16
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 198 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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