Housing in ST6 5BY
What the homes in ST6 5BY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Tunstall
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,866 (2024)
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (54.3%). Flats make up 20.9%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the ST6 5BY area is well below that, at 35.5%. The private rented sector is well above the national picture, at 29.3% of households against 20.5%. 19.4% own outright and 16.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned35.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented29.3%20.5%
- Social rented34.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.4%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 46.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is living alone, under 66, at 31%. 27.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Stoke-on-Trent
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Stoke-on-Trent, August 2026, +5.4% on a year earlier. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood ST6 5BY sits in (Tunstall): about 1,866 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.