Fastest and slowest growing places in West Midlands (2025)
Rugby was the fastest growing of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2025 (annual population change 2.4%).
Coventry was the slowest growing (−1.1%). The middle council, South Staffordshire, had 0.6%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rugby | 2.4% |
| =2 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1.8% |
| =2 | Stratford-on-Avon | 1.8% |
| 4 | Telford and Wrekin | 1.7% |
| 5 | Warwick | 1.5% |
| 6 | Lichfield | 1.4% |
| 7 | Malvern Hills | 1.3% |
| 8 | East Staffordshire | 1.1% |
| 9 | North Warwickshire | 1.0% |
| 10 | Stafford | 0.9% |
| =11 | Dudley | 0.8% |
| =11 | Stoke-on-Trent | 0.8% |
| 13 | Wychavon | 0.7% |
| =14 | Bromsgrove | 0.6% |
| =14 | South Staffordshire | 0.6% |
| =14 | Tamworth | 0.6% |
| =14 | Wyre Forest | 0.6% |
| =18 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 0.5% |
| =18 | Solihull | 0.5% |
| =20 | Shropshire | 0.4% |
| =20 | Walsall | 0.4% |
| =20 | Worcester | 0.4% |
| =23 | Cannock Chase | 0.3% |
| =23 | Wolverhampton | 0.3% |
| =25 | Herefordshire | 0.2% |
| =25 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 0.2% |
| 27 | Sandwell | −0.1% |
| 28 | Redditch | −0.2% |
| 29 | Birmingham | −0.5% |
| 30 | Coventry | −1.1% |
Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Source and method · See it on the map