Housing in SK5 8HP
What the homes in SK5 8HP are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Brinnington
- Council
- Stockport
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,552 (2024)
SK5 8HPStockport
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (38.6%). Flats make up 39.2%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
38.8% of households in the SK5 8HP area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 6.5% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 8.7% own outright and 30.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned38.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.2%1%
- Private rented6.5%20.5%
- Social rented53.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 36.9% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (32%). 32.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Stockport
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Stockport (August 2026, +5.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SK5 8HP (Brinnington) (about 2,552 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.