Deeplish

Rochdale · North West · population 10,383 · 5 LSOAs

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

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,538 of 6,856 in England
  • #830 of 932 in North West
  • #22 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,296
Median age (est.)32
Density6,782per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above23%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 15%25–44 30%45–64 20%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 20%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 16%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 16%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 14% · Sales & customer service 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant14%
Sales & customer service14%
Professional13%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%
Skilled trades7%

Ethnic group

White: 18%Asian: 72%Black: 4%Mixed: 2%Other: 4%
White 18%Asian 72%Black 4%Mixed 2%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 73% · Christian 14% · No religion 8%

Born outside the UK: 41%

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

Deeplish is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,538 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #22 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (21) and lowest on Income (3). Typical homes here, about £140,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 92% in five years (from 46 sales), 32% below the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £29,234 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 3 · #6,627
Employment 8 · #6,270
Education 5 · #6,517
Health 14 · #5,900
Crime 9 · #6,236
Housing & access 21 · #5,407
Living environment 5 · #6,524

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · -0.7% yr · n=46
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00046-0.7%+91.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£184,00010+0.8%
Terraced£131,00033+15.9%+81.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£140,000
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)£29,234±£4,233 · #6,532 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£20,102
Price-to-income ?4.8×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Deeplish 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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