Littleborough West & Wardle
Rochdale · North West · population 6,681 · 4 LSOAs
Part of Littleborough · Postcode OL12 · OL15
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,028 of 6,856 in England
- #339 of 932 in North West
- #6 of 25 in Rochdale
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 20% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Managers & directors | 12% |
| Skilled trades | 12% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Process & plant | 9% |
| Elementary | 8% |
| Sales & customer service | 5% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 56% · No religion 35% · Muslim 3%
Born outside the UK: 3%
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 West & Wardle is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,028 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (66) and lowest on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here, about £235,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 82 sales), 14% above the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #895 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,593 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 | £235,000 | 82 | +4.2% | +38.2% |
| Detached | £320,000 | 19 | -11.7% | +10.3% |
| Semi-detached | £235,000 | 26 | +2.6% | +40.3% |
| Terraced | £195,000 | 35 | +4.7% | +50.6% |
| 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 ?
- #895 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 West & Wardle 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.
- RavensdaleCoventry56£235,000
- Melton Mowbray SouthMelton56£218,250
- Bromsgrove SidemoorBromsgrove56£272,500
- New EarswickYork56£280,000
- New Barnet WestBarnet56£500,000
- Borough & Southwark StreetSouthwark56£685,000