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Porthill

Middle area

North east Newcastle-under-Lyme. 7,640 people in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Porthill’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£161,500
697th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,413
4,553rd highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Porthill compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from £140,000 to £396,250. The middle area is £191,250. Porthill is £161,500.
£161,5004th lowest
Population16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · 2021
Population: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from 5,168 to 10,005. The middle area is 7,718. Porthill is 7,413.
7,4137th lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from 18.6% to 99.1%. The middle area is 96.2%. Porthill is 97.9%.
97.9%3rd highest
Claimant rate16 middle areas, Newcastle-under-Lyme · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Newcastle-under-Lyme16 areas from 1.6% to 5.2%. The middle area is 2.5%. Porthill is 2.5%.
2.5%joint 8th highest

Figures for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme

These figures are published for the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Newcastle-under-Lyme and not Porthill alone. See Newcastle-under-Lyme

Average house price
£209,112
Up 6.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,723
86th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.9×
89th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.0
148th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Porthill in brief

The median price paid for a home in Porthill was £161,500 in 2025.

Porthill had 7,413 usual residents at the census.

In Porthill, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Porthill, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.