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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People7,457 residentsin the Tunstall census areaMedian age 33.93,045 households46% of homes owner-occupied25% owned outright15% social rented, 38% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting8.2% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,883 in work, 14% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 24%, health and social work 15%, transport and storage 12%Getting to work: 12% work from home, 71% go by car, 5% take public transport, 11% 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 higher30% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 82%6% 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°C845 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December43 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 spacesTunstall Parkpark · under a mile · 15 haWestport Lake Parkpark · under a mile · 30 haWar Memorial Gardenspark · within reachBurslem Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 42 haAustin Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mileSprink Bank Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 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 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 11 · PM2.5 7.1 · 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
Broadband96% 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)3,383 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation161 m528 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 119 to 201 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHaywood Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryPes@Nuvision Eyecare, Staffordshire30 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacySuperdrug Pharmacy21 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistThe Boulevard Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi38 schools25 primary, 4 secondary, 1 independent, 6 special, 1 nursery, 1 otherPrimarySt Mary's Church of England Primary Schoolages 2-11, 497 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Wilfrid's Catholic Academyages 3-11, 343 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryCo-op Academy Stoke-On-Trentages 11-16, 1,300 pupilsunder a mileCollegeStoke-on-Trent College3.2 miUniversityUniversity of Staffordshire3.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportManchester Airport MAN20 miRailway stationLongport1.2 miBus stationbus stationHanley2.9 miBus stops102 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the ST6 postcode district.
