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Ellastone

Ellastone is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 320. There are four bus stops and the nearest railway station is Alton Towers Car Park, 3.4 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ellastone area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Staffordshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 124,022 residents at roughly 320 people per km².

Council
East Staffordshire
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Burton
Police force
Staffordshire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 77th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability71
Affordable rents71
Good schools72
Life expectancy38
Low deprivation53
Employment48
Low council tax71

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 14% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:34

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Uttoxeter Rural · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Rural crime.
  • Anti-social behaviour that is negatively affecting residents, businesses, and public spaces.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

230 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 5 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Alton Towers Car Park (3.4 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Uttoxeter (9.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£229,876 average▲ 2% YoY

Across East Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Detached£356,559
Semi-detached£230,407
Terraced£179,585
Flat£106,403

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£858 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £614
  • 2 bed £775
  • 3 bed £943

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,751 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 179.9p · Asda (8.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · Asda (8.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: The Duncombe Arms (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,022 residents in East Staffordshire · 320/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,175
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,835
  • Net moves+1,340

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 156 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (33% of 56,250)

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,090
D £2,351
E £2,874
F £3,396
G £3,919
H £4,703

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

62 schools · 22,302 pupils

43 primary · 9 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 25 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

59 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding
  • John Taylor Free SchoolGood
  • Paget High SchoolGood
  • Paulet High SchoolGood
  • The de Ferrers AcademyGood
  • The JCB AcademyGood
  • Abbot Beyne School
  • John Taylor High School
  • Thomas Alleyne's High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Staffordshire

Care & health services

833 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes274
  • GP practices127
  • Dentists179
  • Homecare agencies170
  • Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Ellastone)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 42 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

246 applications decided

81.3% granted · 200 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 21
  • Con 15
  • Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,905 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,329 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,281 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in DE6

  • Ashbourne Medical Practice
  • Henmore Health - Brailsford Surgery
  • Henmore Health - Ashbourne Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Burton and Uttoxeter:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Ellastone · 0.1 km

    Ellastone is a village in the East Staffordshire borough of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England. It is on the Staffordshire side of the River Dove and is directly opposite the village of Norbury in Derbyshi…

  • Norbury and Ellaston railway station · 0.8 km

    Norbury and Ellaston railway station was on a branch of the North Staffordshire Railway between Rocester and Ashbourne. The station, which had a waiting room, ticket office, and stationmaster's office, and two side pl…

  • Norbury Manor · 0.8 km

    Norbury Manor is a 17th-century manor house with an adjoining 14th-century stone-built medieval hall house, Norbury Hall, known as The Old Manor, in Norbury near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • Norbury and Roston · 0.8 km

    Norbury and Roston is a civil parish in west Derbyshire incorporating the villages of Norbury and Roston.

  • Norbury, Derbyshire · 0.8 km

    Norbury is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Rocester, on the B5033 road and the River Dove. The hamlet has links with George Eliot's family, the Evans. George Eliot's father, R…

  • St Mary and St Barlock's Church, Norbury · 1.0 km

    St Mary and St Barlock's Church, Norbury is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Norbury, Derbyshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Ellastone?
Ellastone is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the East Staffordshire local authority.
What is the population of Ellastone?
Ellastone has an approximate settlement population of 320.
How deprived is Ellastone?
The East Staffordshire local authority, which includes Ellastone, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.