Armitage & Colton

Lichfield · West Midlands · population 8,999 · 5 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,123 of 6,856 in England
  • #195 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #8 of 12 in Lichfield
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,794
Median age (est.)45
Density242per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service6%

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 54% · No religion 40% · 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

Armitage & Colton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,123 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 12 in Lichfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here, about £247,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 134 sales), 20% below the wider Lichfield median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,072 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 69 · #2,123
Employment 65 · #2,418
Education 57 · #2,953
Health 58 · #2,870
Crime 88 · #855
Housing & access 27 · #4,995
Living environment 64 · #2,466

House prices ?

£247,500median (12m) · +7.6% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£247,500134+7.6%+25.6%
Detached£355,00043+6.8%+30.5%
Semi-detached£230,00049+4.5%+29.6%
Terraced£220,00031+12.8%+41.9%
Flat£120,00011+6.7%
This area£247,500
Lichfield£310,000
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)£38,072±£5,389 · #4,019 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,456
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 310 offences
Lichfield58
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #764 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences183
Theft18
Burglary12
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons26
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 67 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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