Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 49 min4:43 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 40 min8:13 am – 3:54 pm
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People8,535 residentsin the Stoke Heath census areaMedian age 35.93,489 households45% of homes owner-occupied23% owned outright26% social rented, 28% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting9.2% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 3,752 in work, 14% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 17%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 59% go by car, 12% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle75% 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 higher26% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 75%5% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C687 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November40 days of air frost, 16 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)
Nearby landmarksSwanswell Poollake · under a mileQuinton Poollake · 1.9 miPrimrose Hillhill · under a mileWalsgrave Hillhill · 2.7 miMill Streamriver · 3.4 miWyken Sloughwetland · 2.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBarras Heathpark · under a mile · 3 haWebster's Parkpark · under a mile · 4 haRed House Parkpark · under a mileSt Margaret's Parkplaying field · under a mileCash's Parkplaying field · 1.0 mi · 3 haCoventry Sports Foundation Centresports ground · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes84 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200229 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202538 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: 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 9.3 · PM10 15 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,555 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation90 m295 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 82 to 103 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWalsgrave Hospital2.1 miGP surgeryGodiva Group Practice95 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyCrestpharmacy - Clay Lane46 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistHillfields Dental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi59 schools41 primary, 9 secondary, 4 independent, 3 special, 1 nursery, 1 otherPrimaryFrederick Bird Academyages 3-11, 855 pupilsright herePrimaryStoke Heath Primary Schoolages 2-11, 494 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryStoke Park Schoolages 11-18, 1,101 pupilsunder a mileCollegeCoventry Collegeunder a mileUniversityCoventry University1.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX11 miRailway stationCoventry1.6 miBus stationPool Meadow Bus StationCoventryunder a mileBus stops155 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CV2 postcode district.
