Healey, Syke & Shawclough

Rochdale · North West · population 9,573 · 6 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,488 of 6,856 in England
  • #486 of 932 in North West
  • #9 of 25 in Rochdale
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,546
Median age (est.)42
Density2,692per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 22%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 72%Asian 22%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 29% · Muslim 22%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Healey, Syke & Shawclough is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,488 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (63) and lowest on Crime (21). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 87 sales), in line with the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,963 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,690 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 34 · #4,550
Employment 27 · #4,975
Education 35 · #4,433
Health 24 · #5,187
Crime 21 · #5,386
Housing & access 63 · #2,507
Living environment 62 · #2,596

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +4.0% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00087+4.0%+37.4%
Detached£346,50027+19.5%+40.3%
Semi-detached£205,00025+6.8%+49.6%
Terraced£157,75028+5.2%+51.7%
Flat£115,0007-5.7%
This area£200,000
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)£34,690±£4,849 · #5,125 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,204
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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Healey, Syke & Shawclough 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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