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Stalybridge

Stalybridge is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 26,830. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 4 pharmacies, and around 12 restaurants and cafés, along with 67 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Stalybridge, 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £240,421. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Stalybridge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tameside area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 231,071 residents at roughly 2,240 people per km².

Council
Tameside
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Stalybridge and Hyde
Police force
Greater Manchester
27/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 284th of 294 English council areas — better than 3% of them.

Low crime18
Home affordability71
Affordable rents49
Good schools17
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation7
Employment17
Low council tax47

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

16°CSunny

  • Today: 18° / 12° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

226 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 304 casualties · 9.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 427 rated 4–5 ★ (346 top)
  • 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stalybridge (0.3 km)
  • 75 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stalybridge (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£211,304 average 2.2% YoY

Across Tameside · to 2026-06

Detached£368,498
Semi-detached£241,914
Terraced£185,060
Flat£124,201

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£927 average monthly rent 5.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £682
  • 2 bed £881
  • 3 bed £1,058

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

Affordability

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (2.4 km)

38 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

52 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 320 kW
  • Nearest: Rassbottom Street Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches26
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

231,071 residents in Tameside · 2,240/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 23 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,447 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 105,660)

A £1,631
B £1,903
C £2,175
D £2,447
E £2,991
F £3,535
G £4,079
H £4,894

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

Schools

110 schools · 36,196 pupils

75 primary · 16 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 35 of 44 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

97inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Laurus RyecroftOutstanding
  • Audenshaw SchoolGood
  • Dixons Pennine AcademyGood
  • Fairfield High School for GirlsGood
  • Mossley Hollins High SchoolGood
  • Alder Community High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Hyde High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Rayner Stephens High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Denton Community AcademyInadequate
  • All Saints Catholic College
  • Dixons Ashton Academy
  • Droylsden Academy
  • Longdendale High School
  • St Damian's RC Science College
  • St Thomas More RC College
  • West Hill School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tameside

Care & health services

160 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes35
  • GP practices35
  • Dentists34
  • Homecare agencies31
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Tameside

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

81.7% granted · 107 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

Stalybridge and Hyde

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 25
  • Con 5
  • Ref 19
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

79 jobs advertised · £37,330 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician, Roadside Rescue Mechanic, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£695 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,268 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 115,218 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 58% · Imports 17% · Gas 13% · Wind 7%

56 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56 women · 55.2 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stalybridge and Hyde:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Stalybridge War Memorial · 0.2 km

    Stalybridge War Memorial is a Grade II* listed monument at the northern end of Trinity Street in Stalybridge, a town within Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It commemorates the men of Stalybridge who lost their…

  • Stalybridge Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Stalybridge Town Hall was a municipal building in Stamford Street, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England. The building, which was the meeting place of Stalybridge Borough Council, was a Grade II listed building.

  • Stalybridge railway station (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) · 0.3 km

    Stalybridge railway station was one of two that served the town of Stalybridge, in Cheshire, England. Owned by Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway (AS&LJR), the station was in use from 1846 to 1917; it…

  • St George's Church, Stalybridge · 0.4 km

    St George's Church is in Church Walk, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ashton-under-Lyne, the archdeaconry of Rochdale and the diocese of Manchester. T…

  • Stalybridge railway station · 0.4 km

    Stalybridge railway station serves the town of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the Huddersfield Line, 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly and 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) east of Manch…

  • Stalybridge Mill, Stalybridge · 0.4 km

    Stalybridge Mill, Stalybridge is a cotton spinning mill in Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1868, and the engine reconfigured in around 1925. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cott…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Stalybridge?
Stalybridge is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Tameside local authority.
What is the population of Stalybridge?
Stalybridge has an approximate settlement population of 26,830.
How deprived is Stalybridge?
The Tameside local authority, which includes Stalybridge, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.