Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill

Rochdale · North West · population 8,925 · 6 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,065 of 6,856 in England
  • #713 of 932 in North West
  • #16 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,980
Median age (est.)38
Density1,867per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above21%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 32%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 20%Other: 13%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 20%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 12% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 2%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 2%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,065 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 25 in Rochdale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Health (6). Typical homes here, about £180,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 79 sales), 13% below the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,932 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 13 · #5,989
Employment 8 · #6,291
Education 15 · #5,797
Health 6 · #6,455
Crime 18 · #5,626
Housing & access 84 · #1,102
Living environment 56 · #2,980

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · -10.0% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,00079-10.0%+33.3%
Detached£255,0007-8.9%+8.5%
Semi-detached£215,00028+2.4%+26.5%
Terraced£162,00041+11.7%+46.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£180,000
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)£30,932±£4,345 · #6,208 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,995
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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill 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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