Tunstall

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 7,482 · 4 LSOAs

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

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,503 of 6,856 in England
  • #675 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #29 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,455
Median age (est.)34
Density3,016per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above19%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 13%25–44 30%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 15%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 37%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Process & plant 15% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Process & plant15%
Sales & customer service12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Professional8%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 31%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 3%
White 60%Asian 31%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 34% · Muslim 31% · No religion 28%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Tunstall is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,503 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Income (4). Typical homes here sold for about £90,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 63 sales), 44% below the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,369 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 178 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 4 · #6,579
Employment 8 · #6,332
Education 8 · #6,312
Health 6 · #6,428
Crime 4 · #6,545
Housing & access 80 · #1,396
Living environment 5 · #6,538

House prices ?

£90,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£90,000630.0%+20.0%
Detached£245,0005+1.0%
Semi-detached£130,00011-16.7%+7.0%
Terraced£88,87546+4.6%+31.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£90,000
Stoke-on-Trent£160,000
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)£29,369±£4,182 · #6,509 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£22,409
Price-to-income ?3.1×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 ?

17Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

178 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,333 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,086 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences486
Theft291
Burglary72
Vehicle crime109
Criminal damage & arson105
Public order & weapons162
Drugs47
Robbery29
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 190 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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