Woodley

Stockport · North West · population 5,773 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,885 of 6,856 in England
  • #415 of 932 in North West
  • #29 of 42 in Stockport
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,744
Median age (est.)48
Density3,049per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 18%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · 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

Woodley is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,885 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 42 in Stockport. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Employment (36). Typical homes here, about £303,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 74 sales), in line with the wider Stockport median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,832 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,966
Employment 36 · #4,351
Education 38 · #4,262
Health 40 · #4,084
Crime 37 · #4,296
Housing & access 95 · #327
Living environment 43 · #3,933

House prices ?

£303,750median (12m) · +11.3% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£303,75074+11.3%+36.8%
Detached£465,00013+20.5%+25.7%
Semi-detached£315,00036+8.6%+37.6%
Terraced£231,25018+13.6%+46.4%
Flat£118,1257+4.4%
This area£303,750
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)£33,832±£4,726 · #5,399 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,530
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Woodley 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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