Key Statistics About Tamworth

  • Population – 81,000, 49% Male and 51% Female
  • More children aged under 16 compared to England and less people aged 85 and over
  • The rate of increase in the number of older people aged 85 and over in Tamworth is faster than the England average
  • Educational attainment – 29% of adults have no or low educational qualifications
  • Deprivation – 9 out of 51 neighbourhoods are in the 20% most deprived places in England
  • Gross median pay is £615 per week
  • Employment rate 83.1% against 76.8% National figures
  • 2,440 active businesses

Education and employment

  • New businesses registration is 121.5 against the ONS target of 135 a year

Waste and recycling

  • Waste & recycling – the average household in Tamworth has around 45kg of dry recycling, 35 kg of organic waste and disposes of 125kg of refuse each quarter
  • Waste service crews collect almost 30,000 tonnes of waste and recycling each year from homes in the borough

Households

  • Number of homes – 34,868
  • House price – average house price £237,000
  • Ethnic minorities – 5% of residents are from a black or minority ethnic group (Census 2021)
  • Most residents speak English as their first language (98.3%)
  • Children in poverty – 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line, after housing costs covered 

Wellbeing

  • 11.4% of reception age children tend to have a higher rate of obesity than Staffordshire and England and 23.7% at year 6
  • 62.6% of adults are physically active for 150 minutes or more each week

Council

  • Council funding cuts – government funding for councils fell 21% from 2010 to 2021 (Institute for Government)
  • The Council employs 338 people directly