# SK6 6LJ: area report for a postcode in Stockport

SK6 6LJ is a postcode in Stockport.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Stockport. Open the map at SK6 6LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) › [SK6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6) › [SK6 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-6)

## Around this postcode

- **No street-level crime here**: Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019 (only August 2022), so there are no map points in Greater Manchester. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **Rose Hill Marple, 370 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **No property in SK6 6LJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Stockport 020B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **£317,913 average price**: For the whole of Stockport, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SK6 6LJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **Low road and rail noise at SK6 6LJ**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ
- **10.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rose Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rose-hill-primary-school-e106076) | Primary | 210 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Acorns School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/acorns-school-e131551) | Special | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-church-of-england-primary-school-marple-e106102) | Primary | 940 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Marple Hall School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marple-hall-school-e151031) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 53.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Ludworth Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ludworth-primary-school-e106057) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-voluntary-academy-e146189) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Windlehurst School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/windlehurst-school-e131889) | Special | 2 km (25 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2022 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £573,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2026 | £95,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| March 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2023 | £60,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| April 2026 | £270,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| August 2026 | £168,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| November 2025 | £295,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £375,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Rose Hill Marple (370 m, 5 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: MARPLE MEDICAL PRACTICE (430 m); MARPLE COTTAGE SURGERY (780 m)
- Pharmacies: WELL (450 m); MARPLE PHARMACY (570 m); BOOTS (590 m)
- Dental practices: MARPLE DENTAL PRACTICE (430 m); DENTAL CARE (560 m); ROSEHILL DENTAL PRACTICE (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Asda Marple Express Petrol (180 m, Asda); Morrisons Daily Marple Stockport Road (460 m, Morrisons); Asda Marple Supermarket (550 m, Asda); Iceland Marple (590 m, Iceland); Co-op Marple Church Street (630 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £317,913** (July 2026). Stockport’s average house price was £317,913 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.2% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,318** (2025). Full-time workers living in Stockport earned a median of £39,318 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 156th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.1×** (2025). A home in Stockport costs 8.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 130th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 18.4** (2025). Stockport has a deprivation score of 18.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 139th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Stockport 020B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 19.4** (2025). Stockport 020B has a deprivation score of 19.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,145th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £316,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Stockport 020B was £316,500 in 2025. Joint 14,237th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,318** (2021). Stockport 020B had 1,318 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,129th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.8%** (January 2026). In Stockport 020B, 98.8% 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.

## SK6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £315,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SK6 was £315,000 in 2025. Joint 994th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 51,566** (2021). SK6 had 51,566 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 180th 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 65%** (2022). About 65% of people in SK6 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.4%** (January 2026). In SK6, 92.4% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport)
- Centre: 53.3965, -2.0709

Council: [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Hazel Grove](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hazel-grove): Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.0709,53.3965,SK66LJ

## How to cite

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