Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:42 am – 9:38 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:20 am – 3:53 pm
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People9,042 residentsin the Longport & Burslem Park census areaMedian age 34.43,989 households37% of homes owner-occupied19% owned outright28% social rented, 34% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting8.6% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,618 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 24%, health and social work 15%, transport and storage 11%Getting to work: 15% work from home, 68% go by car, 4% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle81% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher31% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 82%4% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C875 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October40 days of air frost, 8 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 spacesGrange Parkpark · under a mile · 30 haCentral Forest Parkpark · under a mile · 47 haWestport Lake Parkpark · under a mile · 30 haBurslem Golf Coursegolf course · 1.0 mi · 42 haDolly's Lane Allotmentsallotments · under a mileNorton Cricket Club and Miners Welfare Instituteplaying field · 1.1 mi · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes200 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200236 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202510 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: 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 14 · PM2.5 8.9 · PM10 13 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
Broadband90% 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)4,367 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation150 m492 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 118 to 177 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHaywood Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryLucie Wedgewood Surgery LTD40 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyQueen Street Pharmacy32 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistMoorland Dental Clinicright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi50 schools31 primary, 7 secondary, 2 independent, 8 special, 1 nursery, 1 otherPrimarySaint Nathaniel's Academyages 3-11, 474 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMoorpark Junior Schoolages 7-11, 233 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCo-op Academy Stoke-On-Trentages 11-16, 1,300 pupilsunder a mileCollegeStoke-on-Trent College2.2 miUniversityUniversity of Staffordshire2.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN21 miRailway stationLongportunder a mileBus stationbus stationHanley1.8 miBus stops111 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ST6 postcode district.
