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Bredbury and Woodley

Town

Town in Stockport, North West.

Bredbury and Woodley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bredbury and Woodley add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 61% of people in Bredbury and Woodley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£260,000
Joint 512th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
17,044
591st least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
61%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Bredbury and Woodley compares

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

Bredbury and WoodleyMiddle
Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North West161 areas from £95,000 to £700,000. The middle area is £222,000. Bredbury and Woodley is £260,000.
£260,000joint 42nd most expensive
Population161 towns, North West · 2021
Population: every town in North West161 areas from 7,551 to 506,564. The middle area is 22,886. Bredbury and Woodley is 17,044.
17,04457th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares161 towns, North West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North West161 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 29.0%. Bredbury and Woodley is 61.0%.
61%70th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North West161 areas from 35.0% to 99.6%. The middle area is 95.7%. Bredbury and Woodley is 95.0%.
95.0%joint 61st lowest

What is the population of Bredbury and Woodley?

Bredbury and Woodley had 17,044 usual residents at the census.

Bredbury and Woodley is the 591st least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Bredbury and Woodley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bredbury and Woodley has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in Bredbury and Woodley

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stockport 005A1,375No figure698.6%
Stockport 005B1,451No figure198.7%
Stockport 005C1,403No figure995.2%
Stockport 005D1,512No figure1095.7%
Stockport 009A1,274No figure799.8%
Stockport 009B1,554No figure373.1%
Stockport 009C1,656No figure796.3%
Stockport 009D1,669No figure695.2%
Stockport 009E1,400No figure599.7%
Stockport 012A1,405No figure3100.0%
Stockport 012D1,620No figure299.9%
Stockport 012E1,511No figure1100.0%

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

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Postcode districts covering Bredbury and Woodley1

Middle areas in Bredbury and Woodley3

Towns near Bredbury and Woodley6

Bredbury and Woodley in brief

Bredbury and Woodley is a town in Stockport, North West.

About 17,558 people lived in Bredbury and Woodley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 271 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Bredbury and Woodley was £260,000 in 2025.

Bredbury and Woodley had 17,044 usual residents at the census.

About 61% of people in Bredbury and Woodley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bredbury and Woodley, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.