Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath

Stockport · North West · population 8,030 · 5 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,661 of 6,856 in England
  • #863 of 932 in North West
  • #41 of 42 in Stockport
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,885
Median age (est.)36
Density3,030per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above27%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 44%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 44%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 49%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 16%Other: 9%
One person 49%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 16%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary14%
Associate professional14%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 11%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 79%Asian 11%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 2%

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.

Income 4 · #6,551
Employment 1 · #6,778
Education 6 · #6,462
Health 0 · #6,819
Crime 3 · #6,661
Housing & access 82 · #1,259
Living environment 10 · #6,188

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +9.5% yr · n=55
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00055+9.5%+30.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£225,00011+4.7%+38.5%
Terraced£195,00025+2.6%+30.0%
Flat£130,00018-18.8%+56.6%
This area£190,000
Stockport£310,000
North West£225,000
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)£25,642±£3,795 · #6,814 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,522
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

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).

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