Is Tunstall, Staffordshire a nice place to live?

Is Tunstall a nice place to live or is Tunstall a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Tunstall meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Tunstall?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Tunstall. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Tunstall. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Seighford & Church Eaton	27734
2	Cheswardine	26513
3	Eccleshall	26084
4	Church Aston & Lilleshall	25600
5	Loggerheads	24518
6	Gnosall & Woodseaves	23417
7	Newport North & West	22981
8	Newport South & East	20681
9	Market Drayton West	18535
10	Shifnal North	17161

Is Tunstall a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Tunstall, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Tunstall residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Stafford (Tunstall)	4.9
Shropshire	5.08
Telford and Wrekin	6.12
Stoke-on-Trent	7.36

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Tunstall. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Tunstall. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Seighford & Church Eaton (Best)	25158
2	Gnosall & Woodseaves	25082
3	Eccleshall	22337
4	Church Aston & Lilleshall	21832
5	Cheswardine	21424
6	Loggerheads	20213
7	Shifnal North	18108
8	Newport South & East	15965
9	Newport North & West	15491
10	Market Drayton West (Worst)	14651

Is Tunstall rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Tunstall. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Church Aston & Lilleshall	24688
2	Gnosall & Woodseaves	23916
3	Seighford & Church Eaton	23805
4	Newport North & West	23482
5	Newport South & East	22737
6	Loggerheads	22070
7	Eccleshall	21504
8	Shifnal North	17482
9	Cheswardine	16289
10	Market Drayton West	15426

How affordable are the rents in Tunstall?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Tunstall rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Staffordshire.

Beds	Stafford	Staffordshire
1	£525	£495
2	£595	£614
3	£700	£750
4	£950	£1040

How much can I earn in Tunstall per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Tunstall, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Tunstall's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Stafford (Tunstall)	£728.30
2	Shropshire UA	£660.20
3	Telford and Wrekin UA	£658.70
4	Stoke-on-Trent UA	£587.80

So, is Tunstall a nice place to live?

Tunstall has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Tunstall are more expensive than other parts of Staffordshire.

* Probably.