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Middleton Town & Rhodes

Rochdale · North West · population 7,257 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Middleton · Postcode M24

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,832 of 6,856 in England
  • #674 of 932 in North West
  • #15 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,208
Median age (est.)42
Density2,244per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above26%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 22%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 14%Other: 11%
One person 41%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 14%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 3%Black: 5%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 3%Black 5%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 31% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Middleton Town & Rhodes is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,832 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 25 in Rochdale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (67) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here, about £182,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 92 sales), 12% below the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £28,794 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 21 · #5,400
Employment 12 · #6,065
Education 29 · #4,865
Health 9 · #6,236
Crime 5 · #6,503
Housing & access 67 · #2,247
Living environment 30 · #4,783

House prices ?

£182,500median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£182,50092+1.4%+40.4%
Detached£400,0007+28.4%+23.1%
Semi-detached£240,00029+11.6%+33.3%
Terraced£172,00037+2.4%+39.8%
Flat£116,00019+10.5%+28.9%
This area£182,500
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)£28,794±£4,119 · #6,589 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,593
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Middleton Town & Rhodes 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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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Langley & Wood Side Alkrington Boothroyden & Higher Blackley (Manchester) Middleton East Blackley (Manchester) Middleton Junction (Oldham)

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