Cheadle South & Upper Tean

Staffordshire Moorlands · West Midlands · population 8,308 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #917 of 6,856 in England
  • #69 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #3 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,413
Median age (est.)50
Density252per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 3%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 67% · No religion 28% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Cheadle South & Upper Tean is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #917 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (38). Typical homes here, about £249,950 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 43% in five years (from 143 sales), 10% above the wider Staffordshire Moorlands median of £227,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #129 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £39,268 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 90 · #663
Employment 83 · #1,177
Education 76 · #1,650
Health 74 · #1,787
Crime 97 · #204
Housing & access 38 · #4,276
Living environment 53 · #3,220

House prices ?

£249,950median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£249,950143+2.4%+43.2%
Detached£321,00067-2.7%+25.9%
Semi-detached£220,00045+13.5%+37.1%
Terraced£155,00020-7.5%+2.6%
Flat£96,00011+15.0%-5.2%
This area£249,950
Staffordshire Moorlands£227,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£39,268±£5,584 · #3,635 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,939
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 282 offences
Staffordshire Moorlands56
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #722 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences132
Theft53
Burglary11
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons29
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 44 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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