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Stockport

Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 138,000. The area features 4 schools, 1 pharmacy, 4 supermarkets, and around 10 restaurants and cafés, along with 51 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Woodsmoor, 1.7 km away. Covers 14 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Stockport is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 294,773 residents at roughly 2,338 people per km².

36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 255th of 294 English council areas — better than 13% of them.

Low crime37
Home affordability46
Affordable rents44
Good schools6
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation48
Employment57
Low council tax8

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

221 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 268 casualties · 7.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 386 rated 4–5 ★ (317 top)
  • 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Woodsmoor (1.7 km)
  • 51 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Woodsmoor (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£314,495 average 3.5% YoY

Across Stockport · to 2026-06

Detached£548,759
Semi-detached£344,461
Terraced£251,311
Flat£173,714

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,111 average monthly rent 5.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £807
  • 2 bed £1,029
  • 3 bed £1,257

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (9.9 km)

46 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

50 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Lidl-Hempshaw Lane (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches55
  • Playgrounds25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

294,773 residents in Stockport · 2,338/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 154 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,619 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 133,540)

A £1,746
B £2,037
C £2,328
D £2,619
E £3,201
F £3,783
G £4,365
H £5,238

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

138 schools · 47,342 pupils

87 primary · 14 secondary · 37 other

Ofsted: 43 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Laurus Cheadle HulmeOutstanding
  • Bramhall High SchoolGood
  • Hazel Grove High SchoolGood
  • St Anne's RC Voluntary AcademyGood
  • Stockport SchoolGood
  • Priestnall SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Kingsway SchoolRequires improvement
  • Reddish Vale High SchoolInadequate
  • Werneth SchoolInadequate
  • Cheadle Hulme High School
  • Harrytown Catholic High School
  • Marple Hall School
  • St James' Catholic High School
  • Stockport Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stockport

Care & health services

307 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes67
  • GP practices49
  • Dentists78
  • Homecare agencies73
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stockport

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

332 applications decided

94.3% granted · 313 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat

Hazel Grove

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 14
  • Con 1
  • LD 34
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools16
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens1151
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,707 jobs advertised · £40,065 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Technician, Claims Handler

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,236 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,334 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 50% · Wind 20% · Imports 15% · Gas 10%

44 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.1 women · 61.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in SK2

  • Manor Medical Practice
  • Bracondale Medical Centre
  • Nhs Stockport Community Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hazel Grove:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Offerton Park · 0.2 km

    Offerton Park is an estate and former civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Stockport town centre. The parish boundaries excluded the area of Offerton Green…

  • Offerton, Greater Manchester · 0.3 km

    Offerton is a suburb of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974.

  • Offerton School · 0.6 km

    Offerton School was a state comprehensive secondary school located north of the A626 road near the River Goyt in Offerton, a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester. The school catered for pupils aged 11 to 16 and was…

  • Foggbrook · 0.8 km

    Foggbrook is an area of Offerton in Stockport, England.

  • Battersby Hats · 0.9 km

    Battersby Hats was the trading name of Battersby & Co, a hat manufacturer of Stockport, England. The firm once had a capacity of 12,000 hats per week but it declined in the second half of the twentieth century and mer…

  • Strawberry Gardens · 0.9 km

    The Strawberry Gardens is a Grade II listed public house on Offerton Lane in Offerton, a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the mid to late 18th century, it has later additions, including a 19t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)