Cannock West & Mill Green

Cannock Chase · West Midlands · population 8,482 · 5 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,110 of 6,856 in England
  • #276 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #5 of 13 in Cannock Chase
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,471
Median age (est.)50
Density2,516per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above26%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 13%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 32% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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 West & Mill Green sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,110 of 6,856 in England, and #5 of 13 in Cannock Chase. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (93) but weak on Health (38). Typical homes here, about £299,475 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 124 sales), 31% above the wider Cannock Chase median of £229,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,009 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,415 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 99 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 54 · #3,186
Employment 39 · #4,207
Education 52 · #3,268
Health 38 · #4,262
Crime 56 · #3,028
Housing & access 93 · #485
Living environment 58 · #2,891

House prices ?

£299,475median (12m) · +4.7% yr · n=124
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£299,475124+4.7%+26.4%
Detached£387,50062+8.8%+21.1%
Semi-detached£245,00040+6.5%+22.5%
Terraced£165,00014-12.6%-19.0%
Flat£110,5008-15.0%-6.4%
This area£299,475
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)£35,415±£5,020 · #4,896 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,305
Price-to-income ?8.5×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 842 offences
Cannock Chase75
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,910 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences468
Theft84
Burglary18
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons109
Drugs45
Robbery15
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 178 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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