Neighbourhood · Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands
Meir South & Lightwood
Stoke-on-Trent 031 · 5 sub-areas · 8,682 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Couples (68/100)Watch-out: Young professionals (56/100)Liveability 76/100 · Top quartile
Meir South & Lightwood is a green, lower-density part of Stoke-on-Trent — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Liveability
76/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Meir South & Lightwood?
A snapshot of Meir South & Lightwood
3 parks and 1 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; there's effectively nothing within walking distance — eating out, drinking and shopping mean a drive; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £708 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Meir South & Lightwood in Stoke-on-Trent
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Meir South & Lightwood?
- The median monthly rent across Meir South & Lightwood is £708.
- How safe is Meir South & Lightwood?
- Meir South & Lightwood has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Meir South & Lightwood?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 30 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Meir South & Lightwood?
- There are 12 schools within 2 km of Meir South & Lightwood, of which 23% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2917 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Meir South & Lightwood?
- The most common council tax band in Meir South & Lightwood is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,565. Council tax is set by Stoke-on-Trent council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Meir South & Lightwood to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Meir South & Lightwood to central London is approximately 128 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Meir South & Lightwood?
- 100% of premises in Meir South & Lightwood are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Meir South & Lightwood?
- Meir South & Lightwood sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Meir South & Lightwood?
- 58% of households in Meir South & Lightwood are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Meir South & Lightwood?
- The average property price across Stoke-on-Trent (the local authority covering Meir South & Lightwood) is approximately £147,816, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Meir South & Lightwood a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.48 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,041.)
- Which local areas are part of Meir South & Lightwood?
- Meir South & Lightwood contains 5 local areas: Stoke-on-Trent 031E, Stoke-on-Trent 031C, Stoke-on-Trent 031D, Stoke-on-Trent 031A, Stoke-on-Trent 031B.
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Frequently asked about Meir South & Lightwood
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- What is the average rent in Meir South & Lightwood?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Meir South & Lightwood is £708. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Meir South & Lightwood a safe place to live?
- Meir South & Lightwood has a safety score of 43/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Meir South & Lightwood?
- 23% of schools within 2 km of Meir South & Lightwood are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Meir South & Lightwood?
- Public-transport commute time from Meir South & Lightwood to central London is approximately 128 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Meir South & Lightwood different from the rest of Stoke-on-Trent?
- Meir South & Lightwood contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Meir South & Lightwood rank in Stoke-on-Trent?
- Meir South & Lightwood scores 76/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Stoke-on-Trent, see the Cities table on the Stoke-on-Trent page.
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