Stockport: local statistics
Stockport is a metropolitan borough in the North West, home to an estimated 304,879 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Stockport, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Stockport cost £317,913 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 4.2% on July 2025. That is the 2nd highest in the North West (regional average £221,445). This July figure is the highest in the series, 60% up on July 2016. The average price is 8.1 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Stockport. That ratio is the 2nd highest ratio in the North West.
Average Band D council tax in Stockport is £2,618.90 for 2026-27, up £143.59 on 2025-26. That makes it the 3rd highest of the 35 council areas in the North West. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,665.52.
In March 2026, 14,175 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Stockport, 9% more than in 2016. That is 46 for every 1,000 residents, the 8th highest of 35 in the North West.
Life expectancy at birth in Stockport is 83.4 years for women and 79.5 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.5 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is the 8th highest for women of the 35 council areas in the North West.
Full-time employees living in Stockport earned a median £781.70 a week in April 2025 (£39,318 a year). That is 6.4% above the figure for the North West and the 10th highest of the 35 council areas in the North West. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £717.00, £64.70 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £540.00: a change of +45% before inflation.
In mid-2025 the population of Stockport was estimated at 304,879, up 0.9% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +5.8% (the North West: +8.2%). That is the 25th fastest growth of 35 in the North West. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In August 2026, 5,550 people in Stockport were on the claimant count, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the North West was 4.2%. Twelve months before, it was 2.9%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.9% (July 2026) and 4.7% (August 2021).
In the year to March 2026, 22,723 offences were recorded by police in Stockport: 74.5 per 1,000 people, mid-table in the North West, 20th of 35. That compares with 76.9 per 1,000 the year before. In the year to March 2016 it was 64.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 73.8% of Stockport residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 4.5 points), against 73.8% across the North West. Its lowest reading in the series was 73.8% and its highest 80.7%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 288,210 |
| 2016 | 289,879 |
| 2017 | 290,905 |
| 2018 | 291,631 |
| 2019 | 293,172 |
| 2020 | 293,851 |
| 2021 | 295,268 |
| 2022 | 296,914 |
| 2023 | 299,373 |
| 2024 | 302,184 |
| 2025 | 304,879 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £198,881 |
| July 2017 | £210,580 |
| July 2018 | £221,955 |
| July 2019 | £228,241 |
| July 2020 | £235,821 |
| July 2021 | £255,313 |
| July 2022 | £286,365 |
| July 2023 | £287,981 |
| July 2024 | £293,778 |
| July 2025 | £305,179 |
| July 2026 | £317,913 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £540.00 a week |
| 2016 | £547.20 a week |
| 2017 | £565.90 a week |
| 2018 | £574.60 a week |
| 2019 | £619.80 a week |
| 2020 | £601.10 a week |
| 2021 | £632.30 a week |
| 2022 | £670.70 a week |
| 2023 | £732.00 a week |
| 2024 | £765.60 a week |
| 2025 | £781.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,665.52 |
| 2017-18 | £1,744.02 |
| 2018-19 | £1,839.96 |
| 2019-20 | £1,916.90 |
| 2020-21 | £1,989.98 |
| 2021-22 | £2,059.15 |
| 2022-23 | £2,142.40 |
| 2023-24 | £2,234.66 |
| 2024-25 | £2,346.64 |
| 2025-26 | £2,475.31 |
| 2026-27 | £2,618.90 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 64.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 74.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 90.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 79.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 69.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 74.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 87.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 93.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 85.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 76.9 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 74.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 77.9% |
| 2016/17 | 77.6% |
| 2017/18 | 78.2% |
| 2018/19 | 79.2% |
| 2019/20 | 79.0% |
| 2020/21 | 74.0% |
| 2021/22 | 75.4% |
| 2022/23 | 80.7% |
| 2023/24 | 74.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75.0% |
| 2025/26 | 73.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 12,990 |
| 2017 | 13,415 |
| 2018 | 13,285 |
| 2019 | 13,345 |
| 2020 | 13,655 |
| 2021 | 13,815 |
| 2022 | 14,075 |
| 2023 | 13,930 |
| 2024 | 13,935 |
| 2025 | 13,810 |
| 2026 | 14,175 |
Questions about Stockport
What is the average house price in Stockport?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £317,913.
How much is Band D council tax in Stockport?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,618.90 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Stockport?
83.4 years for women and 79.5 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in Stockport?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Stockport was £781.70 a week in April 2025 (£39,318 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the population of Stockport?
The ONS estimates 304,879 people lived in Stockport in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Stockport?
The ONS claimant count was 5,550 in August 2026, 3.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Stockport?
74.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over Stockport
Every body that makes decisions for Stockport, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Stockport council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Stockport in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Cheadle: Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Hazel Grove: Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Stockport: Navendu Mishra (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North West
- UK figures: UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the North West: Bolton · Cumberland · Salford · Sefton · Wigan · Wirral
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