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The population of East Staffordshire is 124,477 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. East Staffordshire's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 1.0% per year. East Staffordshire covers an area of 387 square kilometres (149 square miles) and has a population density of 322 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in East Staffordshire is predominantly white (86%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 14% of the population.
The median average age in East Staffordshire in 2021 was 41.1, with over 18s representing 82.2% of the population. The sex ratio was 100.0 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, the urban population of East Staffordshire was approximately 87,409 or 77%, while the rural population was around 26,174 or 23%.
The largest religious group in East Staffordshire is Christians who account for 50% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 90.0% of people in East Staffordshire, and spoken either well or very well by 8% of the population. 1.7% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.3% spoke no English at all.
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The population of East Staffordshire is 124,477 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in East Staffordshire grew by an estimated 3,554 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
East Staffordshire's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 1.0%, which is 0.0% higher than the average population growth rate in East Staffordshire for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.9%).
East Staffordshire covers an area of 387 square kilometres (149 square miles) and has a population density of 322 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 50.0% of East Staffordshire's 124,477 population, while females made up 50.0% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 100.034 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of East Staffordshire, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 102,351.
East Staffordshire's age structure shows the working-age population to be 79,097 which is 63.5% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 17.8% of the population, and over 65s represent 18.7% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .
East Staffordshire's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in East Staffordshire was 41.1 years in 2019.
Of the East Staffordshire population over the age of 90, women outnumber men by 2.2 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in East Staffordshire is 80 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in East Staffordshire has a life expectancy of 83 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 78 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in East Staffordshire has risen by 2 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 78 years to a life expectancy of 80 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
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00-01 | 78.2 | 82.5 | 80.4 |
01-04 | 77.7 | 81.8 | 79.8 |
05-09 | 73.7 | 77.9 | 75.8 |
10-14 | 68.8 | 72.9 | 70.9 |
15-19 | 63.8 | 67.9 | 65.9 |
20-24 | 58.9 | 62.9 | 60.9 |
25-29 | 54.0 | 58.0 | 56.0 |
30-34 | 49.3 | 53.1 | 51.2 |
35-39 | 44.7 | 48.3 | 46.5 |
40-44 | 39.8 | 43.5 | 41.7 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in East Staffordshire is predominantly white (86.3%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 13.7% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in East Staffordshire accounting for 9.3% of the population.
1,376 or 1% of the East Staffordshire population are black according to the latest 2021 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
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According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within East Staffordshire is Christians, accounting for 50.4% of the population.
East Staffordshire has a Muslim population of 10,778 which is 8.7% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics