Eccleshall & Yarnfield

Stafford · West Midlands · population 9,272 · 5 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,883 of 6,856 in England
  • #166 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #8 of 16 in Stafford
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,191
Median age (est.)49
Density72per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 31%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Muslim 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

Eccleshall & Yarnfield is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,883 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 16 in Stafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (90) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £335,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 99 sales), 29% above the wider Stafford median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,410 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 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 88 · #834
Employment 85 · #1,006
Education 76 · #1,630
Health 78 · #1,506
Crime 90 · #670
Housing & access 11 · #6,099
Living environment 34 · #4,529

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · +16.3% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,00099+16.3%+19.6%
Detached£405,50058+6.3%+18.4%
Semi-detached£247,50024-2.9%+17.2%
Terraced£222,75012+5.3%+27.3%
Flat£116,0005-7.2%
This area£335,000
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)£41,410±£5,874 · #3,020 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,380
Price-to-income ?8.1×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 357 offences
Stafford66
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,128 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences202
Theft43
Burglary19
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons32
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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