# SK4

Postcode district covering Stockport, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Norris, in Stockport.

SK4 is a postcode district covering Stockport, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Norris, in Stockport. Median sale price £345,000 in 2025. About 36,308 people.

Postcode district. Code SK4. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SK](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SK4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £345,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SK4 was £345,000 in 2025. Joint 827th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,481** (2021). SK4 had 35,481 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 631st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 48%** (2022). About 48% of people in SK4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.1%** (January 2026). In SK4, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SK4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 48% of people in SK4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SK4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 519 homes were sold in SK4 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SK4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SK4 had 35,481 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=SK4) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Stockport, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is SK4.

## How SK4 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SK4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £345,000 | 6th most expensive | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2025 |
| Population | 35,481 | 8th most populated | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 48% | 8th most people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.1% | 2nd highest | 19 postcode districts, SK · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of SK4?

SK4 had 35,481 usual residents at the census.
SK4 is the 631st most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in SK4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SK4 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in SK4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stockport 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005919) | 1,541 | – | 2 | 90.3% |
| [Stockport 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005862) | 1,476 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Stockport 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005920) | 1,601 | – | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Stockport 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005863) | 1,719 | – | 7 | 98.5% |
| [Stockport 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005864) | 1,576 | – | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Stockport 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005866) | 1,669 | – | 5 | 98.1% |
| [Stockport 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005869) | 1,593 | – | 8 | 98.3% |
| [Stockport 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005916) | 1,614 | – | 3 | 97.5% |
| [Stockport 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005917) | 1,830 | – | 2 | 93.3% |
| [Stockport 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005859) | 1,411 | – | 7 | 93.5% |
| [Stockport 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005865) | 1,963 | – | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Stockport 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005867) | 1,482 | – | 8 | 97.3% |
| [Stockport 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005868) | 1,522 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Stockport 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005853) | 1,615 | – | 4 | 97.2% |
| [Stockport 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005856) | 1,602 | – | 8 | 96.4% |
| [Stockport 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005860) | 1,517 | – | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Stockport 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005861) | 1,543 | – | 8 | 89.7% |
| [Stockport 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005852) | 1,486 | – | 8 | 98.2% |
| [Stockport 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005854) | 1,731 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Stockport 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005855) | 1,483 | – | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Stockport 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005857) | 1,626 | – | 7 | 97.6% |
| [Stockport 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005858) | 1,580 | – | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Stockport 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005918) | 1,616 | – | 1 | 50.3% |

## Your MP

- [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stockport): Navendu Mishra (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Manchester Withington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/manchester-withington): Jeff Smith (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SK4

[Heaton Chapel & Shaw Road](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/heaton-chapel-and-shaw-road), [Heaton Mersey](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/heaton-mersey), [Heaton Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/heaton-moor), [Norris Bank](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/norris-bank), [South Reddish & Heaton Norris](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/south-reddish-and-heaton-norris)

## Postcode sectors in SK4

[SK4 1 (134 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4-1), [SK4 2 (171 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4-2), [SK4 3 (181 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4-3), [SK4 4 (176 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4-4), [SK4 5 (138 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4-5), [SK4 9 (19 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4-9)

## Council

[Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport)

## Towns in SK4

[Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stockport)

## Postcode districts next to SK4

[M19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m19), [M20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m20), [SK1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk1), [SK3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk3), [SK5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk5), [SK8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk8)

## Nearest rail stations

[Heaton Chapel (950 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1790,53.4256), [Stockport (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1630,53.4055), [Burnage (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2157,53.4212), [East Didsbury (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2173,53.4121)

## More in the SK postcode area

[All SK postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SK4 in brief

SK4 is a postcode district covering Stockport, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Norris, in Stockport.
About 36,308 people lived in SK4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,000 in 2025 across 519 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in SK4 was £345,000 in 2025.
SK4 had 35,481 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in SK4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SK4, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SK4
- Postcode area: [SK](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk)
- Constituency: [Stockport †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stockport)
- Council: [Stockport †](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport)
- Area: 9.25 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,308*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 122

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[M19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m19), [SK5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk5), [SK3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk3), [SK1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk1), [M20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m20), [SK8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk8)

## Latest updates for SK4

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SK4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk4