Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population Density
230
Population growth
0.4%
Gender ratio
0.99 male to female
english main language
97%
birth rate
9.0
death rate
10.8
Major religion
68% Christian
Urbanisation
69%
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The population of Stafford is 137,858 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Stafford's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.4% per year. Stafford covers an area of 598 square kilometres (231 square miles) and has a population density of 230 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Stafford is predominantly white (95%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 5% of the population.
The median average age in Stafford in 2019 was 45.4, with over 18s representing 82.9% of the population. The sex ratio was 99.3 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2011, the urban population of Stafford was approximately 90,750 or 69%, while the rural population was around 40,119 or 31%.
The largest religious group in Stafford is Christians who account for 68% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 97.3% of people in Stafford, and spoken either well or very well by 2% of the remaining population. 0.3% reported having poor English language skills.
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The population of Stafford is 137,858 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Stafford grew by an estimated 578 people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by 6,963.
Stafford's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.4%, which is 0.2% lower than the average population growth rate in Stafford for the ten years before mid-2020 (0.6%).
Stafford covers an area of 598 square kilometres (231 square miles) and has a population density of 230 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 12 people per km2 over the past decade.
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According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 49.8% of Stafford's 137,858 population, while females made up 50.2% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 99.271 males to every 100 females in 2011. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 98 males to every 100 females in 2011.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Stafford, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 114,255.
Stafford's age structure shows the working-age population to be 83,105 which is 60.3% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 17.1% of the population, and over 65s represent 22.6% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 63.6% to 60.3%.
Stafford's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Stafford was 45.4 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 46.4 years, and the average male is 44.3 years.
Of the Stafford population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 1.9 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Stafford is 82 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Stafford has a life expectancy of 84 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 80 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 Stafford has risen by 3 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 79 years to a life expectancy of 82 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 80.2 | 83.5 | 81.9 |
| 01-04 | 79.7 | 82.8 | 81.3 |
| 05-09 | 75.8 | 78.9 | 77.4 |
| 10-14 | 70.9 | 73.9 | 72.4 |
| 15-19 | 65.9 | 69.0 | 67.5 |
| 20-24 | 61.0 | 64.0 | 62.5 |
| 25-29 | 56.2 | 59.1 | 57.7 |
| 30-34 | 51.3 | 54.2 | 52.8 |
| 35-39 | 46.4 | 49.3 | 47.8 |
| 40-44 | 41.6 | 44.4 | 43.0 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Stafford is predominantly white (95.0%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 5.0% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Stafford accounting for 2.5% of the population.
1,107 or 1% of the Stafford population are black according to the latest 2011 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 85.4%. 7.8% are Asian and 3.5% 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').
Levels of reported Anxiety in Stafford were 3.0 in 2012 and 2.8 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.7, and 7.5 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, Stafford is the 44 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.9 and were 7.5 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 8.0 and was 7.7 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within Stafford is Christians, accounting for 67.9% of the population.
Stafford has a Muslim population of 1,151 which is 0.8% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 59% of the population is Christian, 5% 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 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics