Marple Bridge & Mellor

Stockport · North West · population 5,914 · 4 LSOAs

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

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #286 of 6,856 in England
  • #32 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 42 in Stockport
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,863
Median age (est.)50
Density353per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above55%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 7%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 2%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 5%Other: 22%
One person 23%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 5%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional16%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades6%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary3%
Process & plant1%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Marple Bridge & Mellor is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #286 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #7 of 42 in Stockport. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (99) but weak on Living environment (41). Typical homes here sold for about £480,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 81 sales), 55% above the wider Stockport median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,603 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 99 · #39
Employment 96 · #286
Education 99 · #73
Health 93 · #471
Crime 85 · #1,013
Housing & access 55 · #3,090
Living environment 41 · #4,056

House prices ?

£480,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£480,000810.0%+8.6%
Detached£543,50040-5.5%+11.7%
Semi-detached£500,00025+12.4%+9.9%
Terraced£270,00013-24.5%-0.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£480,000
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)£49,603±£7,068 · #1,124 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,703
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Marple Bridge & Mellor 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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