Central Stafford

Stafford · West Midlands · population 9,545 · 6 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,440 of 6,856 in England
  • #415 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #14 of 16 in Stafford
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,439
Median age (est.)36
Density3,028per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 37%45–64 22%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 43%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 19%Private rent 43%

Households

One person: 48%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 8%Other: 9%
One person 48%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 8%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Elementary16%
Associate professional15%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Central Stafford is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,440 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 16 in Stafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Health (22). Typical homes here, about £180,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 143 sales), 31% below the wider Stafford median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,670 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,651 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 248 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 37 · #4,303
Employment 26 · #5,071
Education 43 · #3,899
Health 22 · #5,311
Crime 33 · #4,605
Housing & access 96 · #307
Living environment 35 · #4,433

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · +14.3% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,000143+14.3%+33.3%
Detached£309,75010-0.9%+4.6%
Semi-detached£240,00027+9.1%+43.3%
Terraced£183,00074+10.9%+39.7%
Flat£122,50032+6.8%+2.1%
This area£180,000
Stafford£260,000
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)£33,651±£4,779 · #5,454 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,862
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

248 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,364 offences
Stafford66
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,287 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences916
Theft582
Burglary56
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson218
Public order & weapons321
Drugs130
Robbery37
Other62

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 419 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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