• 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