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Home to 6,959 people, this town lies in Greater Manchester, North West.
On walkability it is strong: 20% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: life expectancy is 74.5 for men and 79 for women. The median home sold for £223,750, 5.3 times what households in the Tameside council area earn in a year. Hazard risk is lower than in most UK towns (A). Jobs & income is weaker too: mean household income £39,321; 5.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency · claimants, DWP. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Hattersley has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Hattersley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Hattersley has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. The other subjects are graded below.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Hattersley does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 1 building inside Hattersley’s built-up area.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hattersley.
Retirement age and beyond: just over one in ten residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below both Greater Manchester’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). Residents of Hattersley have a median age of 34. Also worth knowing: among adults, 21% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Hattersley | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 12% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 21% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Between them, three primaries teach 794 pupils in Hattersley. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 3 primary schools: 62% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinfold Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 376 | B |
At the census, nearly four fifths of people in Hattersley called their health good or very good, below Greater Manchester’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. 7.7% of residents report bad or very bad health. One GP practice serves the town; 50% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Disability touches 21% of the town’s population.
| Census 2021 | Hattersley | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list puts 1 listed building inside Hattersley’s built-up area. Homes from before 1919 make up 3% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Owners make up 48% of households. 41% live in social housing, above Greater Manchester’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £931 a month across the Tameside council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £330,000 | 37 |
| Semi-detached | £252,000 | 51 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 115 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
By car: that was how 78% of commuters travelled at the census. Working mainly from home: 23% of workers, lower than both Greater Manchester’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (31%). For every resident in work, Hattersley has 0.7 jobs. 6% of commuters who live in Hattersley also work there.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Hattersley. Best known first.
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Hattersley is a built-up area of 6,959 people, in the Tameside 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattersley | 6,959 | — | — | D | — | D− |
| Broadbottom | 1,001 | 1.1 | — | D− | — | C |
| Hyde | 35,902 | 1.7 | — | D | — | D |
| Gamesley | 3,124 | 2 | C | A | C− | D |
| Hadfield | 16,271 | 2.2 | B− | B+ | B+ | C− |
| Dukinfield | 21,151 | 2.6 | — | D | — | D |
| Stalybridge | 26,850 | 2.7 | — | D | — | D |
| Marple Bridge | 4,702 | 3.3 | — | D− | — | A+ |
Broadbottom has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Broadbottom, Hyde, Dukinfield, Stalybridge and Marple Bridge have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Hattersley has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
GCSE results trail 88% of towns in England, and primary results beat 55% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Hattersley has 3 state schools; places are handled by Tameside council.
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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