It is one of the six wards on Lichfield City Council and is currently represented by Cllrs Colin Ball, David Robertson, Matthew Field and Paula Knight who are all members of the Labour Party.

[2] Curborough is located to the north of Lichfield City Centre and close to the villages of Elmhurst, Fradley and Streethay.

[3] It is also close to Eastern Avenue/A5192 and the West Coast Main Line station, Lichfield Trent Valley.

[4] The suburb is directly adjacent to Eastern Avenue, which has multiple retail parks[5][6] along it and Lichfield City Centre is a short distance to the south.

[7] At the 2021 census, the population of Curborough's ward profile was 4,273.