Heywood Town
Rochdale · North West · population 10,387 · 6 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,284 of 6,856 in England
- #761 of 932 in North West
- #19 of 25 in Rochdale
- Most deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 17% · Caring & leisure 13% · Professional 11%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 17% |
| Caring & leisure | 13% |
| Professional | 11% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Process & plant | 10% |
| Associate professional | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 9% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%
Born outside the UK: 11%
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 Town is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,284 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 25 in Rochdale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Crime (2). Typical homes here, about £166,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 120 sales), 19% below the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £27,417 a year, among England's lowest.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £166,500 | 120 | +11.0% | +27.6% |
| Detached | £294,000 | 12 | — | +33.6% |
| Semi-detached | £217,500 | 32 | +16.8% | +46.0% |
| Terraced | £150,000 | 69 | +7.1% | +50.0% |
| Flat | £117,500 | 7 | -0.8% | +63.2% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #5,217 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Heywood Town 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).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Rochdale
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Redcar Lakes SouthRedcar and Cleveland8£170,000
- Meir NorthStoke-on-Trent8£155,000
- Fairfield EastLiverpool8£150,000
- Smethwick SouthSandwell8£185,000
- NewbigginNorthumberland8£140,000
- Colne WatersidePendle8£135,475