Biddulph Moor & Rudyard

Staffordshire Moorlands · West Midlands · population 7,175 · 4 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,109 of 6,856 in England
  • #89 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #6 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,239
Median age (est.)54
Density130per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 59%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 59%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 2%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 4%Other: 23%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 4%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 33% · Muslim 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

Biddulph Moor & Rudyard is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,109 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (98) but weak on Living environment (22). Typical homes here sold for about £255,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 111 sales), 12% above the wider Staffordshire Moorlands median of £227,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #202 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £39,765 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 98 · #149
Employment 88 · #814
Education 89 · #745
Health 81 · #1,294
Crime 96 · #245
Housing & access 29 · #4,845
Living environment 22 · #5,379

House prices ?

£255,000median (12m) · -6.4% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£255,000111-6.4%+10.9%
Detached£291,50064-2.8%+10.6%
Semi-detached£225,00033+8.7%+20.3%
Terraced£177,00013-37.9%-3.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£255,000
Staffordshire Moorlands£227,000
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)£39,765±£5,647 · #3,489 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,090
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

97Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 212 offences
Staffordshire Moorlands56
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #376 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences86
Theft15
Burglary20
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons29
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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