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Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
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| Metropolitan Borough of Stockport | |
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| Motto: "Animo et Fide" "With Courage and Faith" | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| Ceremonial county | Greater Manchester |
| Admin HQ | Stockport (Town Hall) |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Borough status | 23 November 1973 |
| Government | |
| - Type | Metropolitan borough |
| - Governing body | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council |
| - Mayor | Cllr. June Somekh |
| - MPs: | Ann Coffey (L) Andrew Gwynne (L) Mark Hunter (LD) Andrew Stunell (LD) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 48.7 sq mi (126.06 km²) |
| Elevation | 256 ft (78 m) |
| Population (2006 est.) | |
| - Total | 280,600 (Ranked 24th) |
| - Density | 5,765.3/sq mi (2,226/km²) |
| - Ethnicity (2001 Census) |
95.7% White 2.1% S. Asian |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| Postcode areas | SK |
| Area code(s) | 0161 / 01457 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-SKP |
| ONS code | 00BS |
| OS grid reference | SJ895900 |
| NUTS 3 | UKD31 |
| Website: www.stockport.gov.uk | |
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England, centered around the town of Stockport. It has a population of 280,600[1] and includes the suburbs of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough.
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The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 from the former area of the county borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple.
Stockport became a county borough in 1889 and was enlarged by gaining territory from Lancashire, including in 1906 Reddish and in 1913, the Four Heatons. [2] The Marple Urban District of Cheshire, formed in 1894, gained parts of Derbyshire in 1936 including Mellor and Ludworth from Chapel en le Frith Rural District.[3]
The 2005 population estimate recorded a population of 281,600 in the borough. Source: Office of National Statistics mid-2005 population estimate.
- 2001 - 284,528 [4]
- 2000 - 291,100
- 1999 - 291,900
- 1998 - 292,800
- 1997 - 291,500
- 1993 - 291,400
- 1988 - 287,700 [5]
- Adswood
- Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington
- Cale Green, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Compstall
- Davenport
- Edgeley
- Four Heatons
- Hazel Grove, Heald Green, High Lane
- Marple, Mellor
- Offerton
- Reddish, Romiley
- Woodford, Woodley, Woodsmoor
Showing former status (prior to 1974)
- Bredbury and Romiley (Urban District)
- Cheadle and Gatley (Urban District)
- Hazel Grove and Bramhall (Urban District)
- Marple (Urban District)
- Stockport (County Borough)
| Stockport Compared | |||
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| 2001 UK Census | Stockport | Greater Manchester | England |
| Total population | 284,528 | 2,514,757 | 49,138,831 |
| White | 95.7% | 91.2% | 90.9% |
| Asian | 2.1% | 5.6% | 4.6% |
| Black | 0.4% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
As of the 2001 UK census, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport had a total population of 284,528.[6] Of the 120,456 households in Stockport, 38.0% were married couples living together, 30.3% were one-person households, 8.3% were co-habiting couples and 9.4% were lone parents.[7]
The population density is 2,257 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,845.6/sq mi)[8] and for every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. Of those aged 16–74 in Stockport, 25.7% had no academic qualifications, lower than 28.9% in all of England.[6] 5.0% of Stockport’s residents were born outside the United Kingdom, significantly lower than the national average of 9.2%.[9] The largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 2.1 of the population.[10]
| Population growth in Stockport since 1801 | |||||||||
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| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1939 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 2001 |
| Population | 92,832 | 108,682 | 123,309 | 125,490 | 134,132 | 141,650 | 142,543 | 139,598 | 284,528 |
| Source: A Vision of Britain through Time | |||||||||
- ^ Anon (2007-08-21). Population estimates 2006 by district. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Vision of Britain - Heaton Norris UD
- ^ Vision of Britain - Marple Urban District
- ^ National Statistics, 2001 Census on population of Stockport.
- ^ Manchester UK: "Manchester Population: Facts & Figures", details population trends in different districts over a period of time.
- ^ a b Stockport Metropolitan Borough key statistics. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Stockport Metropolitan Borough household data. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Stockport Metropolitan Borough population density. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Stockport Metropolitan Borough country of birth data. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Stockport Metropolitan Borough ethnic group data. Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
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