Romiley & Compstall

Stockport · North West · population 7,832 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,630 of 6,856 in England
  • #298 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 42 in Stockport
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,832
Median age (est.)48
Density1,066per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above36%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Muslim 1%

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

Romiley & Compstall is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,630 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 42 in Stockport. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (88) and lowest on Employment (47). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 103 sales), in line with the wider Stockport median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,344 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,576
Employment 47 · #3,631
Education 65 · #2,377
Health 52 · #3,309
Crime 50 · #3,446
Housing & access 88 · #841
Living environment 48 · #3,563

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,000103-2.1%+15.7%
Detached£462,50026+2.8%+30.3%
Semi-detached£324,00042-7.4%+13.7%
Terraced£305,00019+28.0%+44.0%
Flat£157,50016-5.4%+10.9%
This area£320,000
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)£37,344±£5,234 · #4,262 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,936
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Romiley & Compstall 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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