Burton Central

East Staffordshire · West Midlands · population 12,475 · 7 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,537 of 6,856 in England
  • #535 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #15 of 15 in East Staffordshire
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,154
Median age (est.)33
Density1,755per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above21%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 13%25–44 37%45–64 20%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 14%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 30% · Process & plant 17% · Skilled trades 9%

All occupation groups
Elementary30%
Process & plant17%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Professional8%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 26%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 65%Asian 26%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 40% · No religion 26% · Muslim 26%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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

Burton Central is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,537 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 15 in East Staffordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (65) but weak on Education (7). Typical homes here sold for about £125,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 139 sales), 47% below the wider East Staffordshire median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,813 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 174 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 16 · #5,729
Employment 32 · #4,673
Education 7 · #6,373
Health 22 · #5,359
Crime 30 · #4,810
Housing & access 65 · #2,411
Living environment 20 · #5,455

House prices ?

£125,000median (12m) · -7.4% yr · n=139
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£125,000139-7.4%-3.8%
Detached£252,50010-16.9%+10.4%
Semi-detached£191,25022-8.1%+7.4%
Terraced£120,50080-6.2%+14.8%
Flat£97,50027-2.5%-2.5%
This area£125,000
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)£33,813±£4,909 · #5,409 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,816
Price-to-income ?3.7×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

174 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,177 offences
East Staffordshire69
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,066 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences912
Theft528
Burglary80
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson131
Public order & weapons272
Drugs111
Robbery39
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 309 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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