Rugeley North & Etchinghill

Cannock Chase · West Midlands · population 7,401 · 5 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,033 of 6,856 in England
  • #79 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #2 of 13 in Cannock Chase
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,411
Median age (est.)50
Density427per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 2%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 23%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 36% · Other 0%

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

Rugeley North & Etchinghill is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,033 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 13 in Cannock Chase. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (90) and lowest on Health (54). Typical homes here sold for about £245,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 100 sales), 7% above the wider Cannock Chase median of £229,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #134 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £38,672 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 89 · #752
Employment 76 · #1,616
Education 55 · #3,069
Health 54 · #3,124
Crime 90 · #677
Housing & access 79 · #1,431
Living environment 74 · #1,753

House prices ?

£245,000median (12m) · +2.1% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£245,000100+2.1%+22.5%
Detached£335,00041+15.5%+13.6%
Semi-detached£231,25032+2.8%+34.3%
Terraced£188,00023+4.2%+13.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£245,000
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)£38,672±£5,510 · #3,816 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,495
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 391 offences
Cannock Chase75
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,329 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft35
Burglary14
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons38
Drugs14
Robbery4
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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