Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Land area
576 square kilometres
Fertility rate
1.52
Birth rate
7.7
Death rate
11.9
internal migration
0.4%
international migration
0.1%
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The population of Staffordshire Moorlands is 98,427 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Based on recent growth rates we estimate the current 2022 population of Staffordshire Moorlands to be 98,411. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Staffordshire Moorlands grew by an estimated -8 people, and in the ten years prior to mid-2020, the population grew by 1,218. Compare population by area.
Staffordshire Moorlands's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.0%, which is 0.1% lower than the average population growth rate in Staffordshire Moorlands for the ten years prior to mid-2020 (0.1%).
Staffordshire Moorlands covers an area of 576 square kilometres (222 square miles) and has a population density of 171 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 2 people per km2 over the past decade.
Between mid-2019 and mid-2020, net internal migration into Staffordshire Moorlands was 371, and net international migration into Staffordshire Moorlands was 54.
Staffordshire Moorlands's fertility rate (the total number of children that would be born to the average woman in Staffordshire Moorlands if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years) of 1.52, and birth rate (the number of live births per thousand of population per year) of 7.7, led to population increases of 757 during the year, and Staffordshire Moorlands's death rate or mortality rate (the number of deaths per thousand of population per year) of 11.9 resulted in a 1,174 population decrease. In total, a net 417 person natural decrease.
During the past decade, internal migration has risen from a net inflow of 31 in 2011 to a net 371 inflow. International migration has fallen from a net inflow of 60 in 2011 to an inflow of 54 in 2020.
The natural increase in population, due to births and deaths, has fallen from an annual net increase of -20 people in 2011 to -417 in 2020.
Internal migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 257% of the total change in population (over 100% as other factors were net outflows).
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Staffordshire Moorlands's population, population density, and population growth rate, over the past decade.
Figures reported by the ONS in 2021.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 98,427 | -0.01% | 171 |
| 2019 | 98,435 | 0.04% | 171 |
| 2018 | 98,397 | -0.10% | 171 |
| 2017 | 98,496 | 0.33% | 171 |
| 2016 | 98,176 | 0.17% | 170 |
| 2015 | 98,011 | 0.18% | 170 |
| 2014 | 97,838 | 0.36% | 170 |
| 2013 | 97,488 | 0.26% | 169 |
| 2012 | 97,239 | 0.03% | 169 |
| 2011 | 97,209 | 169 |
Staffordshire Moorlands's forecast, population density, and population growth rate, over the next twenty years. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018.
The population of Staffordshire Moorlands is forecast to be 99,484 in 2025 and 99,963 in 2030.
Year | Population | Growth rate | Population Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 99,209 | 0.15% | 172 |
| 2024 | 99,345 | 0.14% | 173 |
| 2025 | 99,484 | 0.14% | 173 |
| 2026 | 99,612 | 0.13% | 173 |
| 2027 | 99,716 | 0.10% | 173 |
| 2028 | 99,808 | 0.09% | 173 |
| 2029 | 99,889 | 0.08% | 173 |
| 2030 | 99,963 | 0.07% | 174 |
| 2031 | 100,041 | 0.08% | 174 |
| 2032 | 100,119 | 0.08% | 174 |
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