City Profile • Local Authority

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent is a local authority district comprising 9 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £150k, reflecting a downward trend of 3.5% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (125 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

259,965
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

9 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Stoke-on-Trent authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English78.5%
Pakistani6.0%
White: Other White4.5%
African2.0%
Other Asian1.8%
Any other ethnic group1.4%

Age Profile

30-34 years7.4%
35-39 years6.8%
25-29 years6.6%
5-9 years6.6%
50-54 years6.6%
20-24 years6.6%

Top Occupations

Elementary occupations16.5%
Professional12.5%
Caring and leisure12.1%
Skilled trades12.0%
Process and machine operatives11.2%
Sales and customer service9.8%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright30.4%
Owned: Mortgage26.3%
Private rented: Landlord18.2%
Social rented: Council15.3%
Social rented: Other6.9%
Private rented: Other2.1%

Area DNA

family4/10
health9/10
safety1/10
homeown2/10
transit9/10
affluence1/10
diversity8/10
employment3/10
investment2/10