Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 14,437: a town in Greater Manchester, North West.
Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: on the way to work, 18% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Its lowest grade is for cost of living — a typical home costs £312,500 and rent runs £1,119 a month. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and B− for jobs & income. Natural hazards weigh more here: 5% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Cheadle has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Every other subject still has a grade below.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Cheadle is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Cheadle has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Every other subject still has a grade below.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Cheadle’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Cheadle. Best known first.
Historic houseBramall Hall1.3 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseAbney Hall300 m outside town, to the northwest
MuseumHat Works2.2 km outside town, to the northeast
Art galleryStockport War Memorial Art Gallery2.1 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumStaircase House2.7 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumStockport Air Raid Shelters2.4 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cheadle.
Private renters make up 13% of households, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). The social rented sector houses 15% of households. 670 standard sales inside Cheadle’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £312,500.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £437,500 | 128 |
| Semi-detached | £330,000 | 236 |
| Terraced | £285,000 | 203 |
| Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | 103 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Between them, three primaries teach 810 pupils in Cheadle. One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Secondary results at the 11 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 51.4, with 55% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbank Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 424 | B+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 37% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 37% of workers worked mainly from home. Household income came to £51K a year before tax, higher than Greater Manchester’s towns (£46K) yet lower than England’s towns (£55K). There are 1.4 jobs in Cheadle for each resident in work. Of the commuters living here, 10% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
At 42.8, the median resident of Cheadle sits in the middle of the age range. A fifth of residents are 65 or over, above both Greater Manchester’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Cheadle | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Cheadle’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 11% of the total, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (16%). For its size, Cheadle has 14 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Cheadle is Stepping Hill Hospital, 3 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Cheadle | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
20 listed buildings in Cheadle, 1 of them Grade I.
Moseley Old Hall: Photo: Mike Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0 · George and Dragon Hotel: Photo: Kedgson79 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Barnes Hospital: Photo: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Former Premier Cafe, 3 High Street, Cheadle: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
15 notable people were born in Cheadle.
Christopher Priest: Éric Messel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Richard Taylor: Tobias M. Eckrich, CC BY 4.0 · Graham Jones: Guydedieu1976own collection, Public domain · Jeff Whitefoot: Eskil Malmberg, Public domain · Nigel Williams: Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0 · John Herety: my own collection, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheadle | 14,437 | — | — | D | — | C |
| Gatley | 9,149 | 1.3 | — | D− | — | B |
| Cheadle Hulme | 24,782 | 1.5 | — | D− | — | A |
| Stockport | 117,925 | 2 | — | C− | — | D |
| Bramhall | 17,201 | 2.4 | — | D− | — | A |
| Wythenshawe | 97,665 | 2.5 | — | D− | — | D |
| Hazel Grove | 20,163 | 3.5 | — | D | — | B |
| Reddish | 22,189 | 3.8 | — | C+ | — | D |
Gatley, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Bramhall, Wythenshawe, Hazel Grove and Reddish have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Cheadle has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Band D council tax in Cheadle is £2,619 for 2026–27, more than in 88% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Cheadle is a built-up area of 14,437 people, in the Stockport council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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