South Staffordshire Council

Local authority area: South Staffordshire

South Staffordshire is a district council in Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It covers 407.3 km² and had 111,527 residents in 2022 — about 274 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Codsall.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for South Staffordshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022111,527+2.9% since 2012

Land area407.3km²157.3 sq mi

Density274/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#283of 382 UK councils · #238 in England

Population estimates5 data points

108.4K110.7K112.1K110.5K111.5K

20122015201820212022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
South Staffordshire became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Staffordshire

All councils in West Midlands

Stafford138,670 East Staffordshire125,760 Newcastle-under-Lyme125,297 Lichfield108,352 Cannock Chase101,140 Staffordshire Moorlands95,899 Tamworth79,639

Elections

20 electoral wards

Census 2021: 110,465 residents in 46,124 households across the wards; 25.1% aged 65+, 74.5% of homes owned, 12.2% of households without a car.

1Codsall3,567 households · 27.1% aged 65+8,538 2Brewood, Coven & Blymhill3,643 households · 29.9% aged 65+8,095 3Featherstone, Sharehill & Saredon1,981 households · 13.1% aged 65+7,858 4Cheslyn Hay Village3,339 households · 24.7% aged 65+7,820 5Wombourne South3,219 households · 24.8% aged 65+7,398 6Kinver & Enville3,122 households · 32.5% aged 65+7,103

All wards of South Staffordshire

Westminster

Constituencies

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · 10 wards Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge · 10 wards

Source: Wikidata Q2116379 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.