Barton-under-Needwood

East Staffordshire · West Midlands · population 6,119 · 4 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #519 of 6,856 in England
  • #38 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #2 of 15 in East Staffordshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,966
Median age (est.)50
Density131per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 6%Other: 18%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 6%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Barton-under-Needwood is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #519 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 15 in East Staffordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (37). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+0%) (from 107 sales), 48% above the wider East Staffordshire median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,363 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 94 · #403
Employment 92 · #546
Education 96 · #272
Health 78 · #1,527
Crime 98 · #142
Housing & access 37 · #4,337
Living environment 52 · #3,275

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · -9.1% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000107-9.1%0.0%
Detached£505,00057-0.2%+6.3%
Semi-detached£290,00027+3.6%+27.5%
Terraced£305,95013-5.9%+26.6%
Flat£152,00010-42.6%
This area£350,000
East Staffordshire£237,000
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)£44,363±£6,315 · #2,234 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,503
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 236 offences
East Staffordshire69
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,133 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences137
Theft24
Burglary11
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons24
Drugs5
Robbery1
Other1

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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