Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 57 min4:42 am – 9:39 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 33 min8:20 am – 3:53 pm
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People8,095 residentsin the Kidsgrove East census areaMedian age 49.53,528 households88% of homes owner-occupied52% owned outright3% social rented, 8% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 4,156 in work, 29% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 22% work from home, 73% go by car, 2% take public transport, 3% walk or cycle63% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 9% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C786 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October46 days of air frost, 7 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 spacesBirchenwood Country Parkpark · under a mile · 27 haChatterley Whitfield Heritage Country Parkpark · 1.2 mi · 62 haBathpool Parkpark · 1.6 mi · 93 haChinky Parkplaying field · under a mile · 3 haNew Horizon Sport and Leisure Centresports ground · 1.1 miSprink Bank Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.6 mi · 8 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes201 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197019 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200238 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 20259 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 7.8 · PM2.5 6.7 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband92% 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)3,713 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation217 m712 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 165 to 228 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHaywood Hospital2.2 miGP surgeryTunstall Primary Care - Packmoor Branch9 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPackmoor Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistKidsgrove Dental Surgery1.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi28 schools18 primary, 6 secondary, 4 specialPrimaryPackmoor Ormiston Academyages 3-11, 432 pupilsunder a milePrimaryThursfield Primary Schoolages 2-11, 315 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryOrmiston Horizon Academyages 11-16, 1,029 pupils1.1 miCollegeStoke-on-Trent College5.1 miUniversityUniversity of Staffordshire5.5 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN18 miRailway stationKidsgrove1.6 miBus stationbus stationHanley4.7 miBus stops53 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ST7 postcode district.
