Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 56 min4:42 am – 9:38 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:19 am – 3:53 pm
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People8,340 residentsin the Hanley & Etruria census areaMedian age 29.32,925 households35% of homes owner-occupied17% owned outright25% social rented, 39% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting12.5% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 3,012 in work, 9% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 22%, health and social work 14%, transport and storage 13%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 59% go by car, 6% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle82% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages24% of adults hold a degree or higher30% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 73%7% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C878 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October42 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 spacesCentral Forest Parkpark · under a mile · 47 haHanley Parkpark · under a mile · 22 haFestival Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haBucknall Parkplaying field · 1.0 mi · 6 haAbbey Unitedplaying field · 1.5 mi · 2 haBasford Allotments Northallotments · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes202 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200234 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202512 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 13 · PM2.5 7.4 · PM10 12 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
Broadband86% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,323 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation159 m522 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 113 to 194 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalSt Jude's Hospital1.7 miGP surgeryNs Extended Access Service Tpp Client36 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacySuperdrug Pharmacy30 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistPall Mall (Dental Surgery)right hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi57 schools33 primary, 4 secondary, 5 independent, 11 special, 1 nursery, 1 sixth form, 2 otherPrimaryWaterside Primary Schoolages 3-11, 473 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHanley St Luke's Church of England Academyages 3-11, 455 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryBirches Head Academyages 11-16, 925 pupils1.4 miCollegeStoke-on-Trent Collegeunder a mileUniversityUniversity of Staffordshire1.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN23 miRailway stationStoke-on-TrentStoke-upon-Trent1.3 miBus stationbus stationHanleyunder a mileBus stops132 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ST1 postcode district.
