Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 54 min4:43 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 36 min8:18 am – 3:54 pm
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People12,118 residentsin the Weeping Cross & Brocton census areaMedian age 48.65,098 households89% of homes owner-occupied53% owned outright2% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.7% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 5,501 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 14%, education 13%Getting to work: 36% work from home, 56% go by car, 2% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle56% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C705 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 days of air frost, 11 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesCannock Chase Country Parkpark · 1.9 mi · 887 haWildwood Parkplaying field · under a mile · 8 haBrocton Hall Golf Clubgolf course · 1.3 mi · 47 haVictoria Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 5 haStafford Commonpark · 2.7 mi · 53 haQueen Elizabeth II Playing Fieldsports ground · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes197 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199047 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202527 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 7.3 · PM2.5 6.7 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)5,242 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation102 m335 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 72 to 121 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCounty Hospital1.6 miGP surgeryWeeping Cross Health Centre30 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyCornwell's Chemists13 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistSmile Styles Dental Care1.2 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi22 schools15 primary, 3 secondary, 1 independent, 2 special, 1 otherPrimarySt Anne's Catholic Primary Schoolages 3-11, 205 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBarnfields Primary Schoolages 3-11, 399 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWalton High Schoolages 11-18, 1,262 pupilsunder a mileCollegeSouth Staffordshire College6.2 miUniversityUniversity of Wolverhampton14.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX27 miRailway stationStafford1.9 miBus stationBus StationRugeley Town Centre6.5 miBus stops58 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ST17 postcode district.
