Stoke-on-Trent: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£230,562

Semi-detached

£158,900

Terraced

£125,316

Flat or maisonette

£89,184

First-time buyers

£136,728

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  249,409 in 1991 → 270,425 in 2024 (+8.4%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £88,270 in 2005 → £147,377 in 2026 (+67.0%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £337 in 2008 → £578 in 2025 (+71.5%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  67.4% in 2004 → 75.0% in 2023 (+11.3%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  3.4% in 2001 → 5.6% in 2025 (+64.7%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,376 in 1997 → £17,925 in 2024 (+114.0%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Stoke-on-Trent; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• 4G coverage · Connectivity & access100.0% (January 2026) · 12th highest of 361
• Housing affordability · Housing4.7× earnings (April 2025) · 17th lowest of 316
• Business births · Economy & work13.6% (2024) · 24th highest of 361
• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access94.0% (January 2026) · 90th highest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Fuel poverty · Economy & work14.8% (2024) · 295th lowest of 296
• Disposable income per head · Economy & work£17,925 (2024) · 354th highest of 361
• Obesity in Year 6 · Health & wellbeing27.5% (2024/25) · 279th lowest of 292
• GCSE English and maths · Education & skills64.2% (2024/25) · 297th highest of 313

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)77.0 years · England 80.0 · 142nd highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)80.4 years · England 83.8 · 150th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)55.1 years · England 60.9 · 137th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)53.5 years · England 61.3 · 147th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)471.4 per 100k · England 321.0 · 148th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)13.4% · England 10.4 · 124th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)73.7% · England 64.6 · 145th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)64.6% · England 68.3 · 133rd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)40.0 score · England 46.0 · 150th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)5.2% · England 5.8 · 86th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)35.0% · England 19.8 · 147th lowest of 153