Stalybridge South

Tameside · North West · population 8,284 · 5 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,412 of 6,856 in England
  • #373 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 30 in Tameside
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,238
Median age (est.)45
Density1,756per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above31%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 16%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 36% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Stalybridge South sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,412 of 6,856 in England, and #6 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (68) and lowest on Living environment (36). Typical homes here sold for about £185,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 103 sales), 14% below the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #634 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,801 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 58 · #2,905
Employment 46 · #3,679
Education 68 · #2,171
Health 42 · #3,960
Crime 41 · #4,022
Housing & access 61 · #2,658
Living environment 36 · #4,392

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · -17.8% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,000103-17.8%+12.5%
Detached£437,50025+1.7%+0.7%
Semi-detached£289,97514+3.6%+26.8%
Terraced£173,00041-2.8%+16.5%
Flat£140,00023+6.9%+28.4%
This area£185,000
Tameside£215,000
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)£35,801±£4,985 · #4,779 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,447
Price-to-income ?5.2×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Stalybridge South 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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