SK
Postcode areaPostcode area named after Stockport, with 19 districts.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: the outline joins its districts’ outlines, each made of the census output areas that hold most of the district’s postcodes.
Radon Affected Area by postcode area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 37% of people in SK live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SK compares
Each dot is a postcode area. The black line marks the middle one.
Every postcode area ranked: median sale price, population, people in radon affected area squares and gigabit broadband coverage.
What is the population of SK?
SK had 624,579 usual residents at the census.
SK is the 38th most populated of 120 in the UK.
Postcode districts in SK
| Name | People (census) | Median sale price | Recorded crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK1Stockport, Little Moor | 12,472 | £210,000 | No figure |
| SK2Stockport, Foggbrook | 30,210 | £287,000 | No figure |
| SK3Stockport, Edgeley | 29,980 | £263,000 | No figure |
| SK4Stockport, Heaton Mersey | 35,481 | £345,000 | No figure |
| SK5Reddish, Brinnington | 31,110 | £220,000 | No figure |
| SK6Marple, Bredbury | 51,566 | £315,000 | No figure |
| SK7Kitt's Moss, Norbury Moor | 41,909 | £417,500 | No figure |
| SK8Gatley, Heald Green | 60,892 | £370,000 | No figure |
| SK9Wilmslow, Handforth | 39,711 | £490,000 | 58.4 per 1,000 |
| SK10Macclesfield, Tytherington | 41,382 | £351,495 | 73.0 per 1,000 |
| SK11Macclesfield, Moss Lane | 37,178 | £265,000 | 66.1 per 1,000 |
| SK12Poynton, Midway | 19,401 | £437,500 | No figure |
| SK13Glossop, Gamesley | 33,338 | £255,000 | 72.4 per 1,000 |
| SK14Hyde, Hattersley | 50,223 | £225,000 | No figure |
| SK15Stalybridge | 29,120 | £212,500 | No figure |
| SK16Dukinfield, Yew Tree | 19,204 | £207,750 | No figure |
| SK17Buxton, Fairfield | 30,981 | £254,800 | 87.0 per 1,000 |
| SK22New Mills, Hidebank | 12,069 | £280,000 | 50.7 per 1,000 |
| SK23Chapel-en-le-Frith, Lower Crossings | 18,352 | £280,000 | 48.3 per 1,000 |
SK in brief
The SK postcode area, named after Stockport, has 19 postcode districts.
The median price paid for a home in SK was £299,950 in 2025.
SK had 624,579 usual residents at the census.
About 37% of people in SK live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SK, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.