Demography
Further information: Demography of Greater Manchester| Stockport Compared | |||
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| 2001 UK census | Stockport | Stockport MB | England |
| Total population | 136,082 | 284,528 | 49,138,831 |
| White | 95.5% | 95.7% | 91% |
| Asian | 2.0% | 2.1% | 4.6% |
| Black | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Christian | 74.9% | 75.4% | 72% |
| Muslim | 1.8% | 1.8% | 3.1% |
| No religion | 15.3% | 14.2% | 15% |
As of the 2001 UK census, Stockport had a population of 136,082. The 2001 population density was 11,937 per mi² (4,613 per km²), with a 100 to 94.0 female-to-male ratio. Of those over 16 years old, 32% were single (never married) and 50.2% married. Stockport's 58,687 households included 33.1% one-person, 33.7% married couples living together, 9.7% were co-habiting couples, and 10.4% single parents with their children, these figures were similar to those of Stockport Metropolitan Borough and England. Of those aged 16–74, 29.2% had no academic qualifications, significantly higher than that of 25.7% in all of Stockport Metropolitan Borough but similar to the whole of England average at 28.9%.
Although suburbs such as Woodford, Bramhall and Hazel Grove rank amongst the wealthiest areas of the United Kingdom and 45% of the borough is green space, districts such as Adswood and Brinnington suffer from widespread poverty and post-industrial decay. In the north-west of the borough are the relatively prosperous areas of Heaton Moor and Heaton Mersey, which together with Heaton Chapel and Heaton Norris comprise the so-called Four Heatons.
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