Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath
Stockport · North West · population 8,030 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,661 of 6,856 in England
- #863 of 932 in North West
- #41 of 42 in Stockport
- Most deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 17% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 14%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 17% |
| Elementary | 14% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Sales & customer service | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 11% |
| Administrative | 9% |
| Skilled trades | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 45% · Christian 38% · Muslim 10%
Born outside the UK: 18%
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
Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,661 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #41 of 42 in Stockport. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Health (0). Typical homes here, about £190,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 55 sales), 39% below the wider Stockport median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £25,642 a year, among England's lowest.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £190,000 | 55 | +9.5% | +30.1% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
| Semi-detached | £225,000 | 11 | +4.7% | +38.5% |
| Terraced | £195,000 | 25 | +2.6% | +30.0% |
| Flat | £130,000 | 18 | -18.8% | +56.6% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #6,354 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Stockport
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Lozells EastBirmingham3£181,750
- Belle Isle NorthLeeds3£170,500
- Farnley EastLeeds3£164,500
- WoodsideTelford and Wrekin3£131,250
- Shadsworth & IntackBlackburn with Darwen3£120,000
- Middlesbrough CentralMiddlesbrough3£79,500