The population of Stockport overall is in quite a good place.
295,000 people live in Stockport of which 60.9% are of working age, people aged between 16 and 64 82.9% of Stockport’s working age population is economically active, above the averages of the North West and England 144,000 people work within Stockport’s businesses over 13,500 businesses operate in Stockport. Almost 17% of employees are involved in the wholesale and retail trade and almost 14% are in the health and social care sector average workforce based earnings are £30,282 46.7% of Stockport’s residents are qualified to NVQ level 4 or above only 7.3% of the borough’s total population have no qualifications, compared to 8.3% across Greater Manchester Stockport’s major business sectors include: professional services finance and insurance administrative and support services Access current economic information on the Big Stockport Picture website.