Stockport: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£554,456

Semi-detached

£348,405

Terraced

£254,382

Flat or maisonette

£174,854

First-time buyers

£264,215

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  288,577 in 1991 → 303,929 in 2024 (+5.3%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £158,914 in 2005 → £317,913 in 2026 (+100.1%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £384 in 2008 → £654 in 2025 (+70.1%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  79.3% in 2004 → 75.2% in 2023 (−5.2%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  1.6% in 2001 → 2.9% in 2025 (+81.2%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £10,810 in 1997 → £26,236 in 2024 (+142.7%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Stockport; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• No qualifications · Education & skills3.2% (2023) · 32nd lowest of 293
• Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access95% (May 2024) · 54th highest of 318
• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access94.9% (January 2026) · 65th highest of 361
• Persistent school absence · Education & skills16.6% (2024/25) · 26th lowest of 132

Where it ranks worst

• New homes · Housing3.0 per 1,000 (2024/25) · 281st highest of 296
• Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.7 out of 10 (2022/23) · 332nd lowest of 363
• Home gas use · Environment11,013 kWh (2024/25) · 297th lowest of 347
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing33.9 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 212th lowest of 292

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)79.6 years · England 80.0 · 78th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)84.2 years · England 83.8 · 60th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)61.8 years · England 60.9 · 57th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)63.1 years · England 61.3 · 38th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)326.5 per 100k · England 321.0 · 75th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)8.7% · England 10.4 · 43rd lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)61.8% · England 64.6 · 48th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)68.0% · England 68.3 · 83rd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)48.3 score · England 46.0 · 42nd highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)4.2% · England 5.8 · 57th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)15.5% · England 19.8 · 51st lowest of 153