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Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

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Borough of Stockport
Metropolitan borough
Stockport Town Hall
Stockport Town Hall
Coat of arms of Borough of Stockport
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Latin: Animo et Fide, lit. 'With courage and faith'
Stockport shown within Greater Manchester
Stockport shown within Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°24′20″N 2°09′33″W / 53.40556°N 2.15917°W / 53.40556; -2.15917
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionNorth West
Ceremonial county and city regionGreater Manchester
Incorporated1 April 1974
Named forStockport
Administrative HQStockport Town Hall
Government
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 • TypeMetropolitan borough
 • BodyStockport Metropolitan Borough Council
 • ExecutiveLeader and cabinet
 • ControlLiberal Democrat
 • LeaderMark Roberts (LD)
 • MayorKerry Waters
 • MPs
3 MPs
Area
[2]
 • Total
126 km2 (49 sq mi)
 • Rank178th
Population
 (2025)[3]
 • Total
304,879
 • Rank51st
 • Density2,419/km2 (6,270/sq mi)
DemonymStopfordian
Ethnicity (2021)
[4]
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[4]
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area
SK
Dialling code
ISO 3166 codeGB-SKP
GSS codeE08000007
Websitestockport.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It lies south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, it includes the outlying suburbs and villages of Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Reddish, Woodley and Romiley. In 2025, it had a population of 304,879, making it the fourth-most populous of Greater Manchester's ten boroughs.[3]

History

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The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the former area of the County Borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, and Marple.

Stockport became a county borough in 1889 and was enlarged by gaining territory from Lancashire, including Reddish in 1906 and the Four Heatons in 1913.[5] The Marple Urban District of Cheshire, formed in 1894, gained parts of Derbyshire in 1936, including Mellor and Ludworth from Chapel en le Frith Rural District.[6]

Prior to its creation, it was suggested that the metropolitan borough be named Norchester, but this was rejected as "a concocted name"; it was beaten by Stockport by a vote of 16 to 5.[7]

Geography

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The borough includes the following suburbs of Stockport:

Governance

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The borough is administered by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, which meets at Stockport Town Hall. The council is a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which is led by the Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Parliamentary constituencies

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There are three parliamentary constituencies in the Stockport Metropolitan Borough:

  • Stockport, represented by Navendu Mishra (Labour) since 2019
  • Cheadle; represented by Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrats) since 2024
  • Hazel Grove; represented by Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrats) since 2024.

Demography

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Population pyramid of Stockport, 2020

At the 2001 UK census, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport had a total population of 284,528.[8]

Of the 120,456 households in Stockport: 38.0% were married couples living together, 30.3% were one-person households, 8.3% were co-habiting couples and 9.4% were lone parents.[9]

The population density is 2,257/km2 (5,850/sq mi)[10] and, for every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. Of those aged 16–74 in Stockport, 25.7% had no academic qualifications, lower than 28.9% in all of England.[8] 5.0% of Stockport's residents were born outside the United Kingdom, significantly lower than the national average of 9.2%.[11] The largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 2.1% of the population.[12]

Population change

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The table below details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data.[b]

Population growth in Stockport since 1801
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Population 18,901 23,957 29,745 39,027 50,340 51,232 67,034 82,837 98,693 114,252
% change – +26.7 +24.3 +31.2 +29.0 +1.8 +30.8 +23.6 +19.1 +15.8
Source: Vision of Britain[13]
Population growth in Stockport since 1901
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991
Population 135,156 159,884 172,025 185,087 204,265 225,433 256,848 292,695 288,977 288,354
% change +18.3 +18.3 +7.6 +7.6 +10.4 +10.4 +13.9 +14.0 −1.3 −0.2
Source: Vision of Britain[13]
Population growth in Stockport since 2001
Year 2001 2011 2021 2031 2041 2051 2061 2071 2081 2091
Population 284,544 283,300
% change −1.3 −0.4
Source: Vision of Britain[13]

Ethnicity

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Ethnic Group Year
1991[14] 2001[15] 2011[16] 2021[17]
Number % Number % Number % Number %
White: Total 277,648 97.6% 272,230 95.7% 260,819 92.1% 257,530 87.3
White: British – – 264,279 92.9% 252,044 89% 245,831 83.4
White: Irish 4,155 1.5% 3,938 1.4% 4,174 1.4
White: Roma – – – – – – 132 <0.01
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller – – – – 58 0.02 90 <0.1
White: Other – – 3,796 1.3% 4,779 1.7% 7,303 2.5
Asian or Asian British: Total 4,532 1.6% 7,282 2.6% 13,762 4.9% 21,464 7.3
Asian or Asian British: Indian 1383 0.5 1,867 0.7 2,786 1.0 4,433 1.5
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 1579 0.6 2,949 1.0 6,673 2.4 10,953 3.7
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 226 0.1 353 0.1 705 0.2 963 0.3
Asian or Asian British: Chinese 943 0.3 1,315 0.5 1,722 0.6 2,306 0.8
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 401 0.1 798 0.3 1,876 0.7 2,809 1.0
Black or Black British: Total 1,122 0.4% 1,181 0.4% 1,958 0.7% 3,416 1.2
Black or Black British: African 231 0.1 352 0.1 976 0.3 2,030 0.7
Black or Black British: Caribbean 493 0.2 660 0.2 745 0.3 896 0.3
Black or Black British: Other Black 398 0.1 169 0.1 237 0.1 490 0.2
Mixed or British Mixed: Total – – 3,026 1.1% 5,104 1.8% 7,668 2.6
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean – – 953 0.3 1,734 0.6 2,215 0.8
Mixed: White and Black African – – 413 0.1 775 0.3 1,236 0.4
Mixed: White and Asian – – 915 0.3 1,460 0.5 2,359 0.8
Mixed: Other Mixed – – 745 0.3 1,135 0.4 1,858 0.6
Other: Total 1093 0.4% 809 0.3% 1,632 0.6% 4,692 1.6
Other: Arab – – – – 727 0.3 1,509 0.5
Other: Any other ethnic group 1093 0.4 809 0.3 905 0.3 3,183 1.1
Total 284,395 100% 284,528 100% 283,275 100% 294,773 100%

Religion

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The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Stockport:

Religion 2001[18] 2011[19] 2021[20]
Number % Number % Number %
Christian214,61075.4179,00563.2139,95147.5
Muslim4,9771.79,4313.316,3325.5
Jewish1,6540.61,3400.51,2340.4
Hindu1,3310.51,6660.62,3880.8
Sikh1900.13300.15030.2
Buddhism6100.28530.39640.3
Other religion6430.29640.31,2070.4
No religion40,34614.271,12625.1116,74939.6
Religion not stated20,1677.118,5106.515,4455.2
Total284,528100.00%283,275100.00%294,773100.0%

Economy

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Stockport Compared
2011 UK Census[21]StockportNorth West EnglandEngland
Population of working age178,4004,839,66935,532,091
Full-time employment43.3%38.8%40.8%
Part-time employment12.5%11.9%11.8%
Self employed8.4%7.1%8.3%
Unemployed2.5%3.6%3.3%
Retired14.8%14.3%13.5%
The Stockport pyramid, previously a call centre for the Co-operative Bank

The Co-operative Bank opened a telephone banking centre in the Stockport pyramid in 1994.[22] In 1999, it became the administrative home of smile.co.uk, an internet bank owned by the Co-op. The Co-op moved out of the building in 2019; it is now occupied by an Indian restaurant.[23]

Experian ranked Stockport fifth in North West England for shopping, which includes Stockport Peel Centre and the Merseyway Shopping Centre, which underwent a £15m redevelopment in 2008.[24]

Medical equipment and technology, financial and professional services, computer and internet based services, and creative industries have been identified as growth industries in Greater Manchester; all have concentrations in Stockport. With employment at 2.0%, Stockport has the lowest rate of unemployment of all of Greater Manchester's ten boroughs.[25]

Average house prices in the Stockport are second highest out of all the metropolitan boroughs in Greater Manchester, at 27.7% higher than the average for the county.[26]

At the 2001 UK census, Stockport had 204,812 residents aged 16 to 74; of these, 2.4% were students with jobs, 3.3% students without jobs, 5.4% looking after home or family, 5.0% permanently sick or disabled, and 2.4% economically inactive for other reasons. These figures were generally in line with the national averages, although the proportion of people looking after home and family and students without jobs was significantly lower than the national average.[27]

In 2001, of 136,059 residents of Stockport in employment, the industry of employment was: 17.3% retail and wholesale, 14.7% manufacturing, 13.8% property and business services, 11.7% health and social work, 8.9% education, 7.7% transport and communications, 6.1% construction, 5.3% finance, 4.6% public administration and defence, 4.1% hotels and restaurants, 0.7% energy and water supply, 0.6% agriculture, and 4.3% other. This was roughly in line with national figures, except for the proportion of jobs in agriculture which is less than half the national average, reflecting the town's suburban nature and its proximity to the centre of Manchester.[28]

Landmarks

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The east side of Bramall Hall, a Grade I listed building and Tudor mansion

Stockport has 386 listed buildings.[29]

There are six Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the borough. Two date to the Bronze Age, a cairn in Ludworth and the Brown Low bowl barrow.[30][31] Two related to medieval halls, Peel Hall in Heaton Moor and Torkington Moat.[32][33] The final two were both built at the start of the 19th century, Oldknows Limekilns and Marple Aqueduct.[34][35]

Stockport has 14 local nature reserves: Abney Hall Park, Carr Wood, Chadkirk Country Estate, Crookilley Woods, Etherow Country Park, Gatley Carrs, Heaton Mersey Common, Happy Valley, Mersey Vale Nature Park, Poise Brook, Reddish Vale Country Park, Tangshutts Fields, Woodbank Park and Wright's Wood.[36]

Education

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Overall, Stockport was ranked 21st out of all the Local Education Authorities in SATs performance in 2006 and was second in Greater Manchester.[37] Authorised and unauthorised absences from Stockport secondary schools in 2006-07 were 6.7% and 1.3% respectively, almost the same as the national average (6.8% and 1.3%).[38]

In 2007, the Stockport LEA was ranked 30th out of 148 in the country, and second in Greater Manchester, based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including Maths and English (50.0% compared with the national average of 45.8%).[39]

In 2006, Cheadle Hulme School was the most successful school in Stockport at both GCSE and A-level; 99% of the pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at A*-C grade including Maths and English. At A-level, it was also the 72nd most successful school in the country.[40][41]

Twin towns

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The Borough of Stockport has formal twinning arrangements with two European places:[42]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Notes
Supporters granted 1 December 1959, rest granted 5 December 1932.[44]
Supporters
On either side a lion Argent that to the dexter gorged with a collar vairy Or and Gules pendent therefrom by a chain Gold a plate charged with a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper that to the sinister likewise collared and pendent from the collar by a like chain a hurt charged with a garb also Gold.

Notes

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  1. ↑ The 01663 code is used in High Lane only.
  2. ↑ Although the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport has only existed since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages and civil parishes that would later be constituent parts of the borough.

References

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Citations

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  1. ↑ "About your council". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Population estimates: Summary for United Kingdom, mid-2025". Office for National Statistics. 1 October 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Population estimates: Summary for United Kingdom, mid-2025". Office for National Statistics. 1 October 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  4. 1 2 UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Stockport Local Authority (E08000007)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Vision of Britain Deprecated link archived 27 September 2007 at archive.today - Heaton Norris UD
  6. ↑ Vision of Britain Archived 30 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Marple Urban District
  7. ↑ Clark 1973, p. 101
  8. 1 2 "Stockport Metropolitan Borough key statistics". Statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  9. ↑ "Stockport Metropolitan Borough household data". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  10. ↑ "Stockport Metropolitan Borough population density". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  11. ↑ "Stockport Metropolitan Borough country of birth data". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  12. ↑ "Stockport Metropolitan Borough ethnic group data". Statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  13. 1 2 3 "Stockport District: total population". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  14. ↑ Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales (Table 6)
  15. ↑ "Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics". Nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales". Nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  17. ↑ "Ethnicity by local authorities". ONS.
  18. ↑ "KS007 - Religion". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "2011 census – theme tables". Nomis. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Religion - Religion by local authorities". ONS.
  21. ↑ "Stockport economic overview". June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "The unknown story behind Stockport's Pyramid". Stockport Express. June 2019.
  23. ↑ "Royal Nawaab Pyramid". Royalnawaab.com. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  24. ↑ "Economic overview". Stockport.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  25. ↑ "Promoting a Dynamic Economy". Greater Manchester e-Government Partnership. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  26. ↑ "House prices for Greater Manchester Local Authorities". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  27. ↑ "Stockport Local Authority economic activity". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  28. ↑ "Stockport Local Authority industry of employment". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  29. ↑ "Listed Buildings". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  30. ↑ Historic England. "Bronze Age cairn in Ludworth (890910)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  31. ↑ Historic England. "Brown Low (78554)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  32. ↑ Historic England. "Peel Hall, Stockport (76845)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  33. ↑ Historic England. "Torkington Moat (78351)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  34. ↑ Historic England. "Oldknows Limekilns (78346)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  35. ↑ Historic England. "Marple Goyt Aqueduct (78557)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  36. ↑ "Local Nature Reserves". Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  37. ↑ "LEA SATs performance". BBC News. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  38. ↑ "Stockport schools". BBC News. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  39. ↑ "How different LEAs performed". BBC News. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  40. ↑ "Education results in Stockport". BBC News. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
  41. ↑ "Top A-level results". BBC News. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  42. ↑ "Twin Towns and Link Areas". Stockport.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  43. ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  44. ↑ "Armorial Bearings". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Clark, David Michael (1973). Greater Manchester Votes: A Guide to the New Metropolitan Authorities. Redrose. ISBN 978-0950293202.
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