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A large town in Greater Manchester, North West, home to 22,189 people.
Fewer journeys need a car: on the way to work, 24% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Residents’ health trails most towns (D): men here can expect to live to 77, women to 81.3. A median £221,255 buys a home here, 4.3 times what households in the Stockport council area earn in a year. Jobs & income is weaker too — mean household income £44,292; 4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Reddish has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
The 3 things Reddish 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 Reddish is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Reddish has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects still get grades, below.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Reddish’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
26% 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 Reddish. Best known first.
MuseumThe Manchester Museum4.7 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumPankhurst Centre4.2 km outside town, to the northwest
Art galleryThe Whitworth4.2 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumHat Works1.3 km outside town, to the south
MuseumElizabeth Gaskell's House3.8 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic houseAbney Hall4 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Reddish.
2 GP practices serve the town; nearly four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Four fifths of Reddish’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, close to Greater Manchester’s towns (81%) and below England’s towns (82%). A disability affects 19% of people locally.
| Census 2021 | Reddish | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 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 · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Two of its 8 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Secondary results at the 16 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 49, with 53% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. 60% of pupils at the town’s 6 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 457 | A+ |
| Reddish Vale High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 999 | D |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Work in town: a tenth of resident commuters. There are 0.5 jobs in Reddish for each resident in work. 73% of commuters drove, close to Greater Manchester’s towns (72%) and above England’s towns (70%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
14% of households rent from a council or housing body. Behind the median of £221,255: 889 standard sales inside Reddish’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Owners make up 63% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £323,750 | 44 |
| Semi-detached | £248,000 | 367 |
| Terraced | £203,000 | 402 |
| Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | 76 |
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.
Of Reddish’s 12 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, Grade I counts 1 and Grade II* 7. The town’s listed buildings include the Church of St Elisabeth, Grade I. It has 5 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, below Greater Manchester’s towns (7) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Residents of Reddish have a median age of 38.6. The under-15s are 18% of the population here.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Reddish | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
12 listed buildings in Reddish, 1 of them Grade I.
Houldsworth Working Mens Club: Photo: Mr Stephen · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Houldsworth School: Photo: Simon Armstrong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Clock and Drinking Fountain: Photo: Geoff Royle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · North Reddish Infant and Junior School: Photo: Benpietras · CC BY-SA 4.0
6 notable people were born in Reddish.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish | 22,189 | — | — | C+ | — | D |
| Denton | 36,005 | 1.8 | — | D | — | C− |
| Stockport | 117,925 | 2.3 | — | C− | — | D |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 17,044 | 2.4 | — | C | — | C− |
| Audenshaw | 13,397 | 2.6 | — | D− | — | C− |
| Droylsden | 23,916 | 3.1 | — | D | — | D |
| Manchester | 470,395 | 3.3 | — | D− | — | D |
| Romiley | 10,902 | 3.4 | — | D | — | C |
Denton, Stockport, Bredbury and Woodley, Audenshaw, Droylsden, Manchester and Romiley have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Its Grade I building is Church of St Elisabeth.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Reddish has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £221,255, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £140,000, terraced houses £203,000, semi-detached houses £248,000 and detached houses £323,750.
Large town in Greater Manchester, England
Reddish is a built-up area of 22,189 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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