Living in Stockport
Homes sell for a median of about £3,547 per m², above the typical council in England and Wales (£3,342). 13.3% of households rent from the council or a housing association, below the UK average of 17.5%. About 7.6% of homes are in areas where road or rail noise reaches 65 dB, against 6.9% across Great Britain. 60% of homes are within a five-minute walk of a public park (Great Britain: 56%).
Stockport at a glance
| Measure | Stockport | Comparison | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social housing (share of households) | 13.3% | UK 17.5% | 234th highest of 374 |
| Homes in areas with 65 dB+ road or rail noise | 7.6% | GB 6.9% | 289th quietest of 363 |
| Homes within 400 m of a public park | 60% | GB 56% | 118th of 363 |
| Homes within 400 m of a play space | 64% | GB 60% | |
| Median house price per m² | £3,547 | E&W council median £3,342 | 143rd highest of 314 |
| Schools rated Good or Outstanding | 74% | E&W 87% | |
| Median broadband speed available | 1,000 Mbit/s | Council median 1,000 Mbit/s |
How much crime is there in Stockport?
There is no reliable annual figure for Stockport. Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level crime data to data.police.uk: the latest archive has no Greater Manchester records. Rather than show a misleadingly low number, this page leaves crime out.
How much social housing is there in Stockport?
Stockport ranks 234th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 126,681 households, 16,856 are social homes (13.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.
How does Stockport compare with the UK average?
At -4.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Stockport sits below the national level.
How noisy is Stockport?
In Stockport, about 7.6% of homes are in areas where modelled road or rail noise reaches 65 dB Lden or more — the level Defra and the WHO treat as high. The Great Britain average is 6.9%, and Stockport is the 289th quietest of 363 councils mapped.
Estimated from the official strategic noise maps: the share of each census area at 65 dB or more, weighted by its households. See noisy roads and railways on the map →
How close are parks in Stockport?
60% of homes in Stockport are within 400 m — about a five-minute walk — of a public park or garden, and 64% are that close to a children's play space. Across Great Britain the figures are 56% and 60%, which puts Stockport 118th of 363 councils for access to a park.
Straight-line distance from the centre of each census area to the edge of the nearest site in OS Open Greenspace, weighted by households. See parks and play spaces on the map →
Schools, prices and more in Stockport
What the map's other datasets say about Stockport.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Stockport has 138 schools — 120 state-funded and 18 independent. That includes 87 primary and 14 secondary schools. Of the 58 with a published Ofsted grade, 74% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 157 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Stockport, offering about 7,408 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Stockport sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 15% of its 191 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,547 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Stockport on the map
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Sources: 2021–22 Census (social housing); strategic noise maps, Round 4 (noise); OS Open Greenspace (parks) · Page updated 27 September 2026 · Download the data (CSV, all 374 councils).