Stockport

Key figures

15 of 16 measures have a published figure for Stockport · no figure for recorded crime. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Stockport, not our estimates.

• 2,805 births and 2,997 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 192.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 1,994 people.
• International migration (net) added 883 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 10.
• Altogether the population grew by 2,695 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Stockport: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Stockport’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Stockport moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average private rent rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Liberal Democrat (2026) — Liberal Democrat 33, Labour 14, Other and independent 9, Green 4, Reform UK 2, Conservative 1 of 63 seats.

Since 2016: Labour (largest party, no overall majority) (2016–2021); Liberal Democrat (largest party, no overall majority) (2022–2024); Liberal Democrat minority administration (2025); Liberal Democrat (2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Stockport’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

68 recorded offences in the 12 months to August 2022. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 4.8% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£39,318
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,805people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 2013283,275people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 2022294,774people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026283,275people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026294,770people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026283,275people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026294,770people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026294,771people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026283,275people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026294,773people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026283,275people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026294,773people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 3.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20265,500people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20263%
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 5.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,619
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,997people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,260kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202513.1%
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202612,471kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20263.5%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 3.5% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£314,495
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202518.4
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20257.9%
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202518.8%
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,994people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,531people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026883people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,648people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-192people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202610people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025303,929people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20265.1%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 5.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,111
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 2.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£782

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Stockport; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Stockport, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £1,990Year ending March 2021→£2,619Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Stockport, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,990 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,619 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £629 or 31.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,619 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,990 in the year ending March 2021 = £629, which is 31.6% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,618.90 and 1,989.98, and 2,618.90 − 1,989.98 = 628.92.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Stockport, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,990 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,619 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £629 or 31.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £24,3032008→£39,3182025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Stockport, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £24,303 in 2008 to £39,318 in 2025, a change of £15,015 or 61.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £39,318 in 2025 − £24,303 in 2008 = £15,015, which is 61.8% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Stockport, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £24,303 in 2008 to £39,318 in 2025, a change of £15,015 or 61.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £4652008→£7822025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Stockport, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £465 in 2008 to £782 in 2025, a change of £317 or 68.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £782 in 2025 − £465 in 2008 = £317, which is 68.3% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 781.70 and 464.60, and 781.70 − 464.60 = 317.10.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Stockport, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £465 in 2008 to £782 in 2025, a change of £317 or 68.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• -82Year to mid-2012→1,994Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Stockport, net internal migration by local authority rose from -82 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,994 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,076 or 2531.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,994 in Year to mid-2025 − -82 in Year to mid-2012 = 2,076, which is 2531.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, net internal migration by local authority rose from -82 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,994 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,076 or 2531.7% (ONS).

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• 961Year to mid-2012→2,531Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Stockport, international migration into a local authority rose from 961 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,531 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,570 or 163.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,531 in Year to mid-2025 − 961 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,570, which is 163.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, international migration into a local authority rose from 961 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,531 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,570 or 163.4% (ONS).

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• 928Year to mid-2012→1,648Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Stockport, international migration out of a local authority rose from 928 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,648 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 720 or 77.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,648 in Year to mid-2025 − 928 in Year to mid-2012 = 720, which is 77.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, international migration out of a local authority rose from 928 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,648 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 720 or 77.6% (ONS).

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• 33Year to mid-2012→883Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Stockport, net international migration by local authority rose from 33 in Year to mid-2012 to 883 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 850 or 2575.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  883 in Year to mid-2025 − 33 in Year to mid-2012 = 850, which is 2575.8% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, net international migration by local authority rose from 33 in Year to mid-2012 to 883 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 850 or 2575.8% (ONS).

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• 3,424Year to mid-2012→2,805Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Stockport, births by local authority fell from 3,424 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,805 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 619 or 18.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,805 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,424 in Year to mid-2012 = −619, which is 18.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, births by local authority fell from 3,424 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,805 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 619 or 18.1% (ONS).

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• 2,638Year to mid-2012→2,997Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Stockport, deaths by local authority rose from 2,638 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,997 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 359 or 13.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,997 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,638 in Year to mid-2012 = 359, which is 13.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, deaths by local authority rose from 2,638 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,997 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 359 or 13.6% (ONS).

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• 786Year to mid-2012→-192Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Stockport, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 786 in Year to mid-2012 to -192 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 978 or 124.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -192 in Year to mid-2025 − 786 in Year to mid-2012 = −978, which is 124.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 786 in Year to mid-2012 to -192 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 978 or 124.4% (ONS).

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• -37Year to mid-2012→10Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Stockport, other population change by local authority rose from -37 in Year to mid-2012 to 10 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 47 or 127.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  10 in Year to mid-2025 − -37 in Year to mid-2012 = 47, which is 127.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Stockport, other population change by local authority rose from -37 in Year to mid-2012 to 10 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 47 or 127.0% (ONS).

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Compare Stockport with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Stockport and Birmingham
• Stockport and Leeds
• Stockport and North Yorkshire
• Stockport and Somerset
• Stockport and Cornwall
• Stockport and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

• Cheshire East · compare
• High Peak · compare
• Manchester · compare
• Tameside · compare

Areas like Stockport

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Stockport’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

• Vale of Glamorgan · compare
• East Lothian · compare
• North Warwickshire · compare
• Broxtowe · compare
• Huntingdonshire · compare
• Midlothian · compare

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Stockport said then and says now, with the periods named. Stockport since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Stockport are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.