# SK6

Postcode district covering Marple, Bredbury and Romiley, in Stockport.

SK6 is a postcode district covering Marple, Bredbury and Romiley, in Stockport. Median sale price £315,000 in 2025. About 52,502 people.

Postcode district. Code SK6. 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 SK6 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SK6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 65% of people in SK6 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=SK6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 861 homes were sold in SK6 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SK6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SK6 had 51,566 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=SK6) (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 SK6.

## How SK6 compares

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

| Measure | SK6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £315,000 | 7th most expensive | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2025 |
| Population | 51,566 | 2nd most populated | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 65% | 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, SK · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.4% | 9th lowest | 19 postcode districts, SK · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of SK6?

SK6 had 51,566 usual residents at the census.
SK6 is the 180th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in SK6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SK6 has no single figure. Of its 35 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in SK6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stockport 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005745) | 1,375 | – | 6 | 98.6% |
| [Stockport 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005746) | 1,451 | – | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Stockport 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005747) | 1,403 | – | 9 | 95.2% |
| [Stockport 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005748) | 1,512 | – | 10 | 95.7% |
| [Stockport 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005743) | 1,274 | – | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Stockport 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005744) | 1,554 | – | 3 | 73.1% |
| [Stockport 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005749) | 1,656 | – | 7 | 96.3% |
| [Stockport 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005750) | 1,669 | – | 6 | 95.2% |
| [Stockport 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005751) | 1,400 | – | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Stockport 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005897) | 1,528 | – | 4 | 99.0% |
| [Stockport 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005898) | 1,708 | – | 5 | 85.7% |
| [Stockport 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005900) | 1,608 | – | 5 | 89.8% |
| [Stockport 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005903) | 1,457 | – | 10 | 95.0% |
| [Stockport 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005904) | 1,530 | – | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Stockport 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005752) | 1,405 | – | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Stockport 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005899) | 1,619 | – | 6 | 95.2% |
| [Stockport 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005901) | 1,367 | – | 8 | 91.0% |
| [Stockport 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005902) | 1,620 | – | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Stockport 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005905) | 1,511 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Stockport 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005880) | 1,488 | – | 8 | 80.6% |
| [Stockport 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005881) | 1,210 | – | 10 | 97.9% |
| [Stockport 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005883) | 1,519 | – | 10 | 91.1% |
| [Stockport 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005908) | 1,644 | – | 9 | 52.3% |
| [Stockport 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005878) | 1,749 | – | 3 | 94.3% |
| [Stockport 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005879) | 1,318 | – | 5 | 98.8% |
| [Stockport 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005882) | 1,276 | – | 10 | 96.8% |
| [Stockport 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005884) | 1,435 | – | 10 | 95.1% |
| [Stockport 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005885) | 1,491 | – | 7 | 85.0% |
| [Stockport 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005909) | 1,532 | – | 10 | 92.7% |
| [Stockport 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005910) | 1,614 | – | 4 | 95.0% |
| [Stockport 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005911) | 1,330 | – | 9 | 94.9% |
| [Stockport 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005912) | 1,495 | – | 8 | 86.1% |
| [Stockport 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005906) | 1,436 | – | 9 | 94.1% |
| [Stockport 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005907) | 1,348 | – | 9 | 91.8% |
| [Stockport 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/neighbourhood/e01005913) | 1,419 | – | 8 | 93.2% |

## Your MP

- [Hazel Grove](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hazel-grove): Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Macclesfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/macclesfield): Tim Roca (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.3% 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 SK6

[Bredbury](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/bredbury), [Bredbury Green](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/bredbury-green), [High Lane](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/high-lane), [Marple & Hawk Green](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/marple-and-hawk-green), [Marple & Rose Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/marple-and-rose-hill), [Marple Bridge & Mellor](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/marple-bridge-and-mellor), [Romiley & Compstall](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/romiley-and-compstall), [Woodley](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport/woodley)

## Postcode sectors in SK6

[SK6 0 (1 postcode)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-0), [SK6 1 (187 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-1), [SK6 2 (172 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-2), [SK6 3 (123 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-3), [SK6 4 (159 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-4), [SK6 5 (162 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-5), [SK6 6 (166 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-6), [SK6 7 (201 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-7), [SK6 8 (97 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-8), [SK6 9 (4 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in SK6

[Bredbury and Woodley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bredbury-and-woodley), [Marple](https://openindex.co.uk/town/marple), [Romiley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/romiley)

## Postcode districts next to SK6

[M34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m34), [SK1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk1), [SK2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk2), [SK5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk5), [SK7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk7), [SK12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk12), [SK13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk13), [SK14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk14), [SK22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk22)

## Nearest rail stations

[Marple (750 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.0573,53.4007), [Rose Hill Marple (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.0765,53.3962), [Strines (2.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.0339,53.3750), [Romiley (3.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.0893,53.4140)

## 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)

## SK6 in brief

SK6 is a postcode district covering Marple, Bredbury and Romiley, in Stockport.
About 52,502 people lived in SK6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 861 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in SK6 was £315,000 in 2025.
SK6 had 51,566 usual residents at the census.
About 65% of people in SK6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SK6, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SK6
- Postcode area: [SK](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk)
- Constituency: [Hazel Grove †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hazel-grove)
- Council: [Stockport †](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport)
- Area: 46.45 km²
- People, mid-2024: 52,502*
- Neighbourhoods: 35
- Output areas: 176

* 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

[SK22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk22), [SK12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk12), [SK14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk14), [M34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m34), [SK13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk13), [SK2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk2)

## Latest updates for SK6

- 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/SK6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk6