Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Local authority area: Staffordshire Moorlands

Staffordshire Moorlands is a district council in Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It covers 575.9 km² and had 95,899 residents in 2022 — about 167 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Leek.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Staffordshire Moorlands, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202295,899-1.3% since 2012

Land area575.9km²222.3 sq mi

Density167/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#320of 382 UK councils · #273 in England

Population estimates5 data points

97.2K97.9K98.4K95.8K95.9K

20122015201820212022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Staffordshire Moorlands 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 South Staffordshire111,527 Lichfield108,352 Cannock Chase101,140 Tamworth79,639

Elections

27 electoral wards

Census 2021: 95,839 residents in 42,357 households across the wards; 26.2% aged 65+, 78.2% of homes owned, 13.1% of households without a car.

1Biddulph East2,467 households · 14.9% aged 65+6,060 2Leek South2,650 households · 21.6% aged 65+5,735 3Checkley2,389 households · 25.2% aged 65+5,546 4Leek North2,443 households · 22.3% aged 65+5,537 5Biddulph North2,417 households · 31.9% aged 65+5,386 6Cheddleton2,254 households · 26.3% aged 65+5,319

All wards of Staffordshire Moorlands

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TBiddulph Town HallTown hall · Stoke-on-Trent ST8 6AR · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Staffordshire Moorlands · 25 wards Stoke-on-Trent South · 2 wards

Source: Wikidata Q2116362 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.