3 million tourist visitors annually contribute over £96 million to the local economy, supporting the retail and leisure industries which contribute to a successful regional economy.
The District has higher than national average employment, skills base and average incomes.
The District’s population is 100,654 (2011 Census) with 2.5 million people located within a 30 minute drive providing one of the largest workforce catchments in the whole of the West Midlands at 633,437.
The city centre is undergoing transformation with the proposed Friarsgate mixed use development complementing the existing retail, leisure and residential offer, delivering shops, restaurants, apartments, town houses, a multi-screen cinema, gym, car parking and a new bus station.
Significant new housing volumes are being developed in and around Lichfield delivering 2,100 new homes of which c.1,000 are within close proximity to Lichfield South.