Hooley Bridge & Norden West

Rochdale · North West · population 6,206 · 4 LSOAs

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

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,507 of 6,856 in England
  • #285 of 932 in North West
  • #3 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,200
Median age (est.)46
Density222per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above36%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 31%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 3%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 9%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 88%Asian 9%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 31% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Hooley Bridge & Norden West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,507 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 25 in Rochdale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (81) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here, about £239,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 99 sales), 16% above the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £38,758 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 81 · #1,314
Employment 74 · #1,808
Education 70 · #2,034
Health 52 · #3,302
Crime 44 · #3,803
Housing & access 20 · #5,516
Living environment 41 · #4,056

House prices ?

£239,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£239,00099+1.7%+36.6%
Detached£322,00035+9.2%+12.0%
Semi-detached£225,00032+2.2%+29.1%
Terraced£215,50024+10.8%+72.4%
Flat£157,5008+5.0%+42.5%
This area£239,000
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)£38,758±£5,438 · #3,779 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,094
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Hooley Bridge & Norden West 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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