Heaton Mersey

Stockport · North West · population 7,983 · 5 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #807 of 6,856 in England
  • #102 of 932 in North West
  • #13 of 42 in Stockport
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,905
Median age (est.)42
Density3,784per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above54%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 8%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 3%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 36% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Professional36%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors16%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 16%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 76%Asian 16%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 34% · Muslim 15%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Heaton Mersey is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #807 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 42 in Stockport. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (95) but weak on Living environment (32). Typical homes here sold for about £342,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 133 sales), 10% above the wider Stockport median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,067 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 85 · #999
Employment 80 · #1,390
Education 95 · #361
Health 69 · #2,103
Crime 70 · #2,068
Housing & access 93 · #451
Living environment 32 · #4,632

House prices ?

£342,000median (12m) · -7.3% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£342,000133-7.3%+10.3%
Detached£450,000190.0%+17.2%
Semi-detached£350,00040-15.7%+6.1%
Terraced£345,00047-6.4%+11.3%
Flat£202,50027-10.0%+26.6%
This area£342,000
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)£41,067±£5,886 · #3,104 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,373
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

83Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Heaton Mersey 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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