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Romiley

Town

Town in Stockport, North West.

Romiley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Romiley 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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Gigabit coverage by town

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Romiley, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£320,000
Joint 361st most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
10,902
284th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Romiley compares

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

RomileyMiddle
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. Romiley is £320,000.
£320,000joint 19th 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. Romiley is 10,902.
10,90221st least populated
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%. Romiley is 95.3%.
95.3%joint 68th lowest
Claimant rate161 towns, North West · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every town in North West161 areas from 1.1% to 8.9%. The middle area is 3.2%. Romiley is 2.4%.
2.4%joint 44th lowest

What is the population of Romiley?

Romiley had 10,902 usual residents at the census.

Romiley is the 284th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Romiley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

Neighbourhoods in Romiley

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stockport 010A1,528No figure499.0%
Stockport 010B1,708No figure585.7%
Stockport 010C1,608No figure589.8%
Stockport 010D1,457No figure1095.0%
Stockport 010E1,530No figure1099.9%
Stockport 012B1,619No figure695.2%
Stockport 012C1,367No figure891.0%

Your MP

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

Council1

Postcode districts covering Romiley1

Middle areas in Romiley1

Towns near Romiley6

Romiley in brief

Romiley is a town in Stockport, North West.

About 10,966 people lived in Romiley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 172 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Romiley was £320,000 in 2025.

Romiley had 10,902 usual residents at the census.

In Romiley, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Romiley, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.