This is a list of settlements in Staffordshire with over 5,000 inhabitants based on the data from the article on each settlement which in turn is taken from the 2001 and 2011 UK Censuses. The entire population of Staffordshire is 1,069,000. Staffordshire has two cities, Stoke on Trent and Lichfield. There are a number of towns but the majority of settlements in the county are small rural villages.
Rank | Settlement | District | Population [1] [2] [3] | |
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2001 | 2011 | |||
1 | Stoke-on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent | 240,636 | 249,008 |
2 | Tamworth | Tamworth | 75,800 | 76,813 |
3 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 73,944 | 75,082 |
4 | Burton-upon-Trent | East Staffordshire | 64,449 | 72,299 |
5 | Stafford | Stafford | 55,700 | 68,472 |
6 | Lichfield | Lichfield | 30,050 | 32,877 |
7 | Cannock | Cannock Chase | 28,435 | 29,018 |
8 | Burntwood | Lichfield | 25,674 | 28,553 |
9 | Kidsgrove | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 24,112 | 26,293 |
10 | Rugeley | Cannock Chase | 22,724 | 24,033 |
11 | Leek | Staffordshire Moorlands | 18,678 | 19,624 |
12 | Biddulph | Staffordshire Moorlands | 17,241 | 17,669 |
13 | Hednesford | Cannock Chase | 16,961 | 17,343 |
14 | Stone | Stafford | 14,258 | 16,385 |
15 | Wombourne | South Staffordshire | 13,691 | 13,511 |
16 | Uttoxeter | East Staffordshire | 13,309 | 13,089 |
17 | Heath Hayes and Wimblebury | Cannock Chase | 12,176 | 14,085 |
18 | Cheadle | Staffordshire Moorlands | 12,158 | 11,404 |
19 | Great Wyrley | South Staffordshire | 11,236 | 11,060 |
20 | Perton | South Staffordshire | 11,118 | 10,686 |
21 | Penkridge | South Staffordshire | 7,000 | 7,791 |
22 | Codsall | South Staffordshire | 7,496 | 7,582 |
23 | Norton Canes | Cannock Chase | 6.394 | 7,479 |
24 | Eccleshall | Stafford | 6,312 | 6,657 |
25 | Bilbrook | South Staffordshire | 4,569 | 4,913 |
26 | Kinver | South Staffordshire | 4,607 | 4,723 |
27 | Armitage | Lichfield | 4,675 | 4,650 |
Staffordshire is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the county town is Stafford.
The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes. It covers the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. The region consists of the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. The region has seven cities; Birmingham, Coventry, Hereford, Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton and Worcester.
Shenstone is a village and civil parish in The Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, located between Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield. The parish also contains the village of Stonnall.
Rushall is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It is centred on the main road between Walsall and Lichfield. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book but has mostly developed since the 1920s. Rushall was historically a part of the county of Staffordshire before it was incorporated with much of the old Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District into the modern-day Walsall district.
The Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area or The Potteries Urban Area or colloquially, simply "The Potteries" is a conurbation in North Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.
Kingstone is a village and civil parish within the English county of Staffordshire.