South Staffordshire

South Staffordshire District
Non-metropolitan district
South Staffordshire
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Penkridge
South Staffordshire shown within Staffordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county	Staffordshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Codsall
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	South Staffordshire District Council
• MPs	Gavin Williamson Theodora Clarke
Area
• Total	157.3 sq mi (407.3 km²)
• Rank	86th (of 296)
Population (2022)
• Total	111,527
• Rank	217th (of 296)
• Density	710/sq mi (270/km²)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 93.7% White 2.8% Asian 2% Mixed 0.9% Black 0.5% other
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 59.2% Christianity 32.5% no religion 0.8% Islam 0.4% Hinduism 0.1% Judaism 1.6% Sikhism 0.2% Buddhism 0.4% other 4.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	41UF (ONS) E07000196 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SJ8701803171

South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council is based in Codsall. Other notable settlements include Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Coven, Essington, Featherstone, Four Ashes, Great Wyrley, Huntington, Kinver, Landywood, Penkridge, Perton, Wedges Mills, Weston-under-Lizard and Wombourne. The district covers a largely rural area lying immediately to the west and north-west of the West Midlands conurbation.

The neighbouring districts are Stafford, Cannock Chase, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Bromsgrove, Wyre Forest, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.