Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
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For the main settlement, see Stockport.
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 about 280,600[1] and includes the suburbs of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough.
HistoryThe 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] Localities
ParishesUnparished AreasShowing former status (prior to 1974)
Demography
As of the 2001 UK census, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport had a total population of 284,528.[4] 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.[5] The population density is 2,257 inhabitants per square kilometre (5,845.6/sq mi)[6] 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.[4] 5.0% of Stockport’s residents were born outside the United Kingdom, significantly lower than the national average of 9.2%.[7] The largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 2.1 of the population.[8] Population change
Education
Overall, Stockport was ranked 21st out of the all the Local Education Authoritys in SATs performance—and 2nd in Greater Manchester—in 2006.[9] Authorised absences from and unauthorised absences from Stockport secondary schools in 2006-07 were 6.7% and 1.3% respectively, almost the same as the national average (6.8% and 1.3%).[10] In 2007, the Stockport LEA was ranked 30th out of 148 in the country—and 2nd in Greater Manchester—based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including maths and English (50.0% compared with the national average of 45.8%).[11] In 2006, Cheadle Hulme School was the most successful school in Stockport at both GCSE and A-level; 99% of the pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at A*-C grade including maths and English. At A-level, it was also the 72nd most successful school in the country.[12][13] See alsoReferences
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