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Ellenhall

Ellenhall is a village in Staffordshire, England. There are 5 bus stops in the area, and the nearest railway station is Stafford, located 6.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ellenhall area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stafford area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 136,867 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
Stafford
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Stafford
Police force
Staffordshire
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 75th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime69
Home affordability61
Affordable rents69
Good schools3
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation73
Employment72
Low council tax80

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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 10° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:34

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

227 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 291 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

31 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Norton Bridge (4.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£259,721 average 4.4% YoY

Across Stafford · to 2026-06

Detached£397,717
Semi-detached£251,405
Terraced£195,351
Flat£111,677

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£898 average monthly rent 6.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £629
  • 2 bed £789
  • 3 bed £974

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (9.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Roadchef Stafford Southbound Services (6.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

136,867 residents in Stafford · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 233 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,303 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 64,130)

A £1,535
B £1,791
C £2,047
D £2,303
E £2,814
F £3,326
G £3,838
H £4,605

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

Schools

66 schools · 18,003 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 18 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Alleyne's Academy
  • Blessed William Howard Catholic School
  • King Edward VI High School
  • Sir Graham Balfour High School
  • The Weston Road Academy
  • Walton High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stafford

Care & health services

842 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes273
  • GP practices129
  • Dentists179
  • Homecare agencies178
  • Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

132 applications decided

77.3% granted · 102 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour / Independent / Green coalition

  • Lab 12
  • Con 15
  • LD 1
  • Grn 5
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£806 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,383 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,931 certificates

14.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stafford:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Ellenhall · 0.1 km

    Ellenhall is a small Staffordshire hamlet roughly 2.5 miles south of Eccleshall originally comprising part of the extensive estates of the Earl of Lichfield. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 144. The ha…

  • Ranton Abbey · 2.0 km

    Ranton Abbey or Ranton Priory was an Augustinian Priory in Ranton, Staffordshire, England, built c.1150 by Robert fitz Noel of Ellenhall. The priory flourished in the 13th century as a subordinate house to Haughmond A…

  • Abbey House, Ranton · 2.0 km

    Abbey House is an early 19th-century ruined stately home in Ranton, Staffordshire, England.

  • Walton Hall Academy · 2.1 km

    Walton Hall Academy is a mixed special school of approximately 150 pupils. The school is based in Eccleshall, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II listed building, and part of the Shaw Education Trust.

  • Stafford (constituency) · 2.5 km

    Stafford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Leigh Ingham from the Labour Party.

  • Eagle House, Eccleshall · 2.8 km

    Eagle House is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire town of Eccleshall, England, which is currently an award-winning bed and breakfast.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Ellenhall?
Ellenhall is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Stafford local authority.
How deprived is Ellenhall?
The Stafford local authority, which includes Ellenhall, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.