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Heaton Mersey

Middle area

West Stockport. 8,168 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 11% of people in Heaton Mersey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£343,500
Joint 2,756th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,905
3,709th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
11%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Heaton Mersey

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 Heaton Mersey 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. Heaton Mersey is £343,500.
£343,50019th most expensive
Population42 middle areas, Stockport · 2021
Population: every middle area in Stockport42 areas from 5,284 to 9,918. The middle area is 6,919. Heaton Mersey is 7,905.
7,9058th 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%. Heaton Mersey is 11.0%.
11%joint 13th most 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%. Heaton Mersey is 99.1%.
99.1%joint 4th highest

What is the population of Heaton Mersey?

Heaton Mersey had 7,905 usual residents at the census.

Heaton Mersey is the 3,709th 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 Heaton Mersey alone. See Stockport

Average house price
£317,913
Up 4.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,318
156th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 130th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.4
139th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Heaton Mersey in brief

The median price paid for a home in Heaton Mersey was £343,500 in 2025.

Heaton Mersey had 7,905 usual residents at the census.

About 11% of people in Heaton Mersey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Heaton Mersey, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.