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Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath

Middle area

North west Stockport. 8,671 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£191,625
1,309th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,889
Joint 3,732nd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
76.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

Crime across Stockport

How Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath compares

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

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Median sale price42 middle areas, Stockport · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Stockport42 areas from £185,000 to £597,250. The middle area is £329,500. Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath is £191,625.
£191,6252nd cheapest
Population42 middle areas, Stockport · 2021
Population: every middle area in Stockport42 areas from 5,284 to 9,918. The middle area is 6,919. Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath is 7,889.
7,8899th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares42 middle areas, Stockport · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Stockport42 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage42 middle areas, Stockport · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Stockport42 areas from 76.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.1%. Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath is 76.1%.
76.1%lowest

What is the population of Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath?

Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath had 7,889 usual residents at the census.

Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath is the joint 3,732nd most populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Stockport

These figures are published for the whole of Stockport, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Stockport and not Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath alone. See Stockport

Average house price
£319,016
Up 3.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,318
156th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 127th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.4
139th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath in brief

The median price paid for a home in Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath was £191,625 in 2025.

Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath had 7,889 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath, 76.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.