Schools
38 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. Mellor Primary School is the nearest published school at 455 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SK6 5AJ
Marple North · Stockport · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Marple North
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Postcode district
- SK6
- Postcode sector
- SK6 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SK6 5AJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 2015
- Postcode area
- SK
- Postcode district
- SK6
- Postcode sector
- SK6 5
- Latitude
- 53.396523
- Longitude
- -2.046564
- British National Grid easting
- 397,001
- British National Grid northing
- 388,854
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Stockport · E08000007
- Electoral ward
- Marple North · E05015029
- Parish or community
- E43000161
- Westminster constituency
- Hazel Grove · E14001277
- Output area
- E00029912
- Lower layer super output area
- Stockport 017D · E01005908
- Middle layer super output area
- Stockport 017 · E02001203
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SK6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 38
- Primary
- 27
- Secondary
- 4
- 455 m
Mellor Primary School
Academy converter
- 687 m
Brabyns Preparatory School
Other independent school
- 783 m
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SK6 5 residents
- 5,723
Age bands in SK6 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 27%
1,031 residents
467 residents
1,232 residents
1,826 residents
1,681 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
10
within 5 km straight-line
MARPLE BRIDGE SURGERY
TOWN STREET, MARPLE BRIDGE, STOCKPORT, SK6 5AA
ODS code P88002
639 m
MARPLE COTTAGE SURGERY
50 CHURCH STREET, MARPLE, STOCKPORT, SK6 6BW
ODS code P88006
1.1 km
MARPLE MEDICAL PRACTICE
50 STOCKPORT ROAD, MARPLE, STOCKPORT, SK6 6AB
ODS code P88021
1.2 km
CHADSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHICHESTER ROAD, ROMILEY, STOCKPORT, SK6 4QR
ODS code P88017
3.5 km
HIGH LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
THE VILLAGE GREEN, BUXTON ROAD, HIGH LANE, STOCKPORT, SK6 8DR
ODS code P88623
4.0 km
ARDEN HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SETT CLOSE, NEW MILLS, HIGH PEAK, SK22 4AQ
ODS code C81634
4.5 km
SETT VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
HYDE BANK ROAD, NEW MILLS, HIGH PEAK, SK22 4BP
ODS code C81003
4.6 km
ALVANLEY FAMILY PRACTICE
WOODLEY HEALTH CENTRE, HYDE ROAD, WOODLEY, STOCKPORT, SK6 1ND
ODS code P88019
4.8 km
ARCHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
WOODLEY HEALTH CENTRE, HYDE ROAD, WOODLEY, STOCKPORT, SK6 1ND
ODS code P88625
4.8 km
WOODLEY VILLAGE SURGERY
WOODLEY HEALTH CENTRE, HYDE ROAD, WOODLEY, STOCKPORT, SK6 1ND
ODS code P88009
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Highfield Road
BCT · Marple Bridge
- 0.0 miles
Highfield Road
BCT · Marple Bridge
- 0.2 miles
Towncliffe Lane
BCT · Marple Bridge
- 0.2 miles
Townscliffe Lane
BCT · Marple Bridge
- 0.2 miles
Royal Oak
BCT · Marple Bridge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stockport 017D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,264 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 1 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.