Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 1 min4:39 am – 9:40 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 30 min8:21 am – 3:51 pm
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People7,438 residentsin the Offerton West census areaMedian age 39.83,043 households58% of homes owner-occupied29% owned outright30% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.6% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 3,157 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: health and social work 20%, retail and wholesale 15%, education 10%Getting to work: 25% work from home, 57% go by car, 7% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle78% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher22% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C905 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October34 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesWoodbank Memorial Parkpark · under a mile · 60 haChadkirk Estatepark · 1.4 mi · 32 haGreat Moor Parkpark · under a mileStockport Golf Clubgolf course · 1.1 mi · 47 haOfferton Hall Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haWoodlands Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes209 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197627 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202537 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 12 · PM2.5 7.3 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,123 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation88 m289 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 51 to 92 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalStepping Hill Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryDelamere Practice23 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyJaybee Pharmacy27 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Careunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi41 schools29 primary, 5 secondary, 2 independent, 4 special, 1 otherPrimarySt Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academyages 4-11, 166 pupilsunder a milePrimaryDial Park Primary Schoolages 2-11, 350 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryStockport Schoolages 11-16, 1,341 pupilsunder a mileCollegeAquinas Collegeunder a mileUniversityUniversity of Manchester6.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN7.0 miRailway stationWoodsmoorunder a mileMetroEast Didsbury (Manchester Metrolink)4.0 miBus stationStockport Interchange1.8 miBus stops123 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the SK2 postcode district.
