Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This large town in Greater Manchester, North West has a population of 24,782. Life expectancy is 87 for women and 83.1 for men.
School results are strong: primary results beat 97% of towns in England; secondary results beat 96% of towns in England. Jobs and pay hold up well (A+): mean household income £60,815; 1.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is cost of living (D−) — homes sell for a median £426,000, about 8.3 times local household income. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for walkability and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Cheadle Hulme has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
The 3 things Cheadle Hulme does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Cheadle Hulme is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Cheadle Hulme has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
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Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Cheadle Hulme’s built-up area.
9% 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 Hulme. Best known first.
Historic houseBramall Hall600 m outside town, to the east
Historic houseAbney Hall1.3 km outside town, to the north
MuseumHat Works3.2 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseAdlington Hall3.7 km outside town, to the southeast
Art galleryStockport War Memorial Art Gallery3.1 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumAvro Heritage Museum2.1 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: 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 Hulme.
Below are three of its 15 schools, each with why it was picked. Cheadle Hulme’s ten primaries and three secondaries have 6,942 pupils between them. Secondary results at the town’s 3 secondary schools: an Attainment 8 score of 57.2, with 68% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Tree Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 638 | A |
| Cheadle Hulme High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,690 | A |
| Bradshaw Hall Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 472 | A+ |
Private renters make up one in ten households, below Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. The social rented sector houses 6% of households. The £426,000 median rests on 910 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £579,975 | 306 |
| Semi-detached | £411,000 | 388 |
| Terraced | £345,000 | 95 |
| Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | 121 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
9% of its homes were built before 1919, below Greater Manchester’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Per 10,000 residents, Cheadle Hulme counts 2 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
14% of residents in Cheadle Hulme live with a disability. At the census, 86% of people in Cheadle Hulme called their health good or very good, higher than both Greater Manchester’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3.5% of the town. One GP practice serves the town; 91% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Cheadle Hulme | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 44% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took just over four in five commuters, above Greater Manchester’s towns (72%) and England’s towns (70%) alike, and on top of that 44% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census. About 12% of its commuters stay in Cheadle Hulme for work. Each working resident is matched by 0.7 jobs in the town.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The median resident of Cheadle Hulme is 44.5 years old. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.3% of the population. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, above both Greater Manchester’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Cheadle Hulme | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 47% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
6 listed buildings in Cheadle Hulme.
John Millington Public House: Photo: Geoff Welding · CC BY-SA 2.0 · War Memorial: Photo: Geoff Welding · CC BY-SA 2.0
14 notable people were born in Cheadle Hulme.
Tim McInnerny: eye4images, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gabrielle Ray: UnknownUnknown Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Public domain · Alfred Tutton: Royal Society, Public domain · Felicity Peake: Royal Air Force official photographer, 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 Hulme | 24,782 | — | — | D− | — | A |
| Bramhall | 17,201 | 1.2 | — | D− | — | A |
| Cheadle | 14,437 | 1.5 | — | D | — | C |
| Gatley | 9,149 | 2.2 | — | D− | — | B |
| Woodford | 2,241 | 2.5 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Stockport | 117,925 | 2.8 | — | C− | — | D |
| Hazel Grove | 20,163 | 2.9 | — | D | — | B |
| Wythenshawe | 97,665 | 3.1 | — | D− | — | D |
Woodford has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bramhall, Cheadle, Gatley, Woodford, Stockport, Hazel Grove and Wythenshawe have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Among the strongest in England: GCSE results beat 96% of towns in England, and primary results beat 97% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £426,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £190,000, terraced houses £345,000, semi-detached houses £411,000 and detached houses £579,975.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Cheadle Hulme has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Large town in Greater Manchester, England
Cheadle Hulme is a built-up area of 24,782 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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