Branston

East Staffordshire · West Midlands · population 10,047 · 5 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,609 of 6,856 in England
  • #136 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #5 of 15 in East Staffordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,377
Median age (est.)39
Density970per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 6%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 24%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 11%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 11%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 37% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Branston is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,609 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 15 in East Staffordshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (95) and lowest on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 183 sales), 10% above the wider East Staffordshire median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,051 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 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 48 · #3,549
Employment 77 · #1,561
Education 72 · #1,883
Health 64 · #2,493
Crime 82 · #1,259
Housing & access 43 · #3,892
Living environment 95 · #368

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=183
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,000183+6.1%+7.5%
Detached£327,75076-3.0%+9.3%
Semi-detached£228,00067+8.6%+17.0%
Terraced£200,00035+0.3%+12.7%
Flat£100,0005
This area£260,000
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)£41,051±£5,816 · #3,111 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,150
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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 571 offences
East Staffordshire69
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,627 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences319
Theft80
Burglary20
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons63
Drugs15
Robbery1
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 89 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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