# Stalybridge

Town in Tameside, North West.

Stalybridge is a town in Tameside, North West. Median sale price £212,250 in 2025. About 27,398 people.

Town. Code E63001278. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

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

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £212,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Stalybridge was £212,250 in 2025. Joint 288th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/stalybridge#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 26,850** (2021). Stalybridge had 26,850 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 416th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/stalybridge#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in Stalybridge 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/town/stalybridge#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.1%** (January 2026). In Stalybridge, 93.1% 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/town/stalybridge#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63001278) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 97% of people in Stalybridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63001278) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 314 homes were sold in Stalybridge in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63001278) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Stalybridge had 26,850 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=E63001278) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Tameside, where most of this town lies. The outline is Stalybridge.

## How Stalybridge compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Stalybridge | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £212,250 | 72nd cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 26,850 | 66th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 97% | joint 26th most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.1% | joint 35th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Stalybridge?

Stalybridge had 26,850 usual residents at the census.
Stalybridge is the 416th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Stalybridge, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Stalybridge has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Stalybridge

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tameside 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006061) | 2,479 | – | 3 | 97.2% |
| [Tameside 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006062) | 1,989 | – | 9 | 96.7% |
| [Tameside 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006063) | 1,383 | – | 8 | 74.7% |
| [Tameside 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006060) | 1,510 | – | 1 | 83.0% |
| [Tameside 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006064) | 1,728 | – | 1 | 95.7% |
| [Tameside 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006065) | 1,460 | – | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Tameside 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006066) | 1,415 | – | 2 | 96.9% |
| [Tameside 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006067) | 1,875 | – | 9 | 98.8% |
| [Tameside 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006068) | 1,559 | – | 3 | 90.1% |
| [Tameside 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006069) | 1,740 | – | 2 | 99.2% |
| [Tameside 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006073) | 2,045 | – | 3 | 95.5% |
| [Tameside 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006022) | 1,936 | – | 5 | 89.3% |
| [Tameside 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006023) | 1,577 | – | 2 | 91.6% |
| [Tameside 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006070) | 1,398 | – | 6 | 99.4% |
| [Tameside 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006071) | 1,710 | – | 10 | 94.8% |
| [Tameside 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006072) | 1,615 | – | 9 | 93.4% |

## Your MP

- [Stalybridge and Hyde](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stalybridge-and-hyde): Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op)), 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.

## Council

[Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

## Postcode districts covering Stalybridge

[SK15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk15)

## Middle areas in Stalybridge

[Carrbrook & Micklehurst](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/carrbrook-and-micklehurst), [Stalybridge East & Swineshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/stalybridge-east-and-swineshaw), [Stalybridge North](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/stalybridge-north), [Stalybridge South](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/stalybridge-south)

## Towns near Stalybridge

[Mossley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mossley), [Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne), [Dukinfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dukinfield), [Hadfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hadfield), [Hyde](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hyde), [Uppermill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uppermill)

## Stalybridge in brief

Stalybridge is a town in Tameside, North West.
About 27,398 people lived in Stalybridge in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £212,250 in 2025 across 314 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Stalybridge was £212,250 in 2025.
Stalybridge had 26,850 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in Stalybridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Stalybridge, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001278
- Constituency: [Stalybridge and Hyde †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stalybridge-and-hyde)
- Council: [Tameside †](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.78 km²
- People, mid-2024: 27,398*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 85

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Dukinfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dukinfield), [Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne), [Mossley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mossley), [Hadfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hadfield), [Hyde](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hyde), [Uppermill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uppermill)

## Latest updates for Stalybridge

- 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/E63001278

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/stalybridge