Littleborough South & Smithy Bridge
Rochdale · North West · population 6,301 · 4 LSOAs
Part of Littleborough · Postcode OL12 · OL15 · OL16
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,021 of 6,856 in England
- #338 of 932 in North West
- #5 of 25 in Rochdale
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 22% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 22% |
| Associate professional | 15% |
| Managers & directors | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Elementary | 7% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 54% · No religion 35% · Muslim 5%
Born outside the UK: 5%
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
Littleborough South & Smithy Bridge is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,021 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 25 in Rochdale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (74) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here, about £245,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 99 sales), 19% above the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,024 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,860 a year, around the middle of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £245,000 | 99 | +0.5% | +29.8% |
| Detached | £342,500 | 26 | -7.2% | +19.8% |
| Semi-detached | £248,000 | 40 | +1.2% | +39.3% |
| Terraced | £180,000 | 31 | -1.1% | +8.3% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=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 ?
- #1,024 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 Littleborough South & Smithy Bridge 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.
- Dereham North & NeatherdBreckland56£250,000
- Kippax WestLeeds56£215,032
- Roundswell & LandkeyNorth Devon56£308,000
- Aldershot North TownRushmoor56£350,000
- Lyminge, Densole & ElhamFolkestone and Hythe56£460,000
- ArburyCambridge56£475,000