Highfields & Burton Manor

Stafford · West Midlands · population 7,720 · 5 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,681 of 6,856 in England
  • #548 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #16 of 16 in Stafford
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,730
Median age (est.)39
Density4,432per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above21%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 39%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Sales & customer service 11% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Sales & customer service11%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional10%
Professional10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Highfields & Burton Manor is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,681 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 16 in Stafford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Employment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £178,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 78 sales), 32% below the wider Stafford median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,674 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 80 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 14 · #5,914
Employment 11 · #6,099
Education 11 · #6,078
Health 17 · #5,701
Crime 28 · #4,913
Housing & access 72 · #1,931
Living environment 85 · #1,040

House prices ?

£178,000median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£178,00078-3.8%+22.8%
Detached£250,00011+7.5%+19.0%
Semi-detached£189,50034+7.7%+30.7%
Terraced£162,75030-3.7%+22.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£178,000
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)£31,674±£4,479 · #6,036 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,874
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

80 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 620 offences
Stafford66
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,096 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences368
Theft77
Burglary21
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons47
Drugs27
Robbery3
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 121 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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