Balderstone & Kirkholt

Rochdale · North West · population 10,886 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,126 of 6,856 in England
  • #726 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,403
Median age (est.)35
Density2,233per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above26%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 36%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 18%Other: 11%
One person 29%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 18%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 15% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional15%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 13%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 77%Asian 13%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 31% · Muslim 14%

Born outside the UK: 18%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Balderstone & Kirkholt is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,126 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (59) and lowest on Crime (7). Typical homes here, about £190,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 78 sales), 8% below the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £32,489 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 12 · #6,065
Employment 10 · #6,154
Education 15 · #5,818
Health 11 · #6,085
Crime 7 · #6,353
Housing & access 56 · #2,980
Living environment 59 · #2,802

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · -11.4% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00078-11.4%+35.7%
Detached£347,50012+24.0%+78.2%
Semi-detached£200,00044-0.2%+51.5%
Terraced£150,00016+11.1%+57.9%
Flat£105,0006
This area£190,000
Rochdale£206,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£32,489±£4,629 · #5,825 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,255
Price-to-income ?5.8×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Balderstone & Kirkholt has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

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