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Heald Green West

Stockport · North West · population 6,568 · 4 LSOAs

Part of Heald Green · Postcode SK8

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,520 of 6,856 in England
  • #174 of 932 in North West
  • #15 of 42 in Stockport
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,477
Median age (est.)44
Density2,779per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above38%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 23%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 3%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 25%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 66%Asian: 28%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 66%Asian 28%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · Muslim 24% · No religion 23%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Heald Green West is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,520 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 42 in Stockport. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (93) and lowest on Living environment (47). Typical homes here, about £380,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 85 sales), 23% above the wider Stockport median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,364 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 73 · #1,876
Employment 63 · #2,534
Education 79 · #1,444
Health 56 · #2,987
Crime 60 · #2,774
Housing & access 93 · #478
Living environment 47 · #3,631

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · +10.1% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,00085+10.1%+28.6%
Detached£420,00031-9.7%+5.8%
Semi-detached£365,00039+7.4%+31.5%
Terraced£300,00080.0%+20.0%
Flat£237,0007-0.8%—
This area£380,000
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)£40,364±£5,724 · #3,316 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,673
Price-to-income ?9.4×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Heald Green West 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.

Heald Green East Wythenshawe East & Peel Hall (Manchester) Cheadle Hulme West Gatley South & Cheadle West Gatley North Cheadle Hulme Orrishmere

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