Milnrow East & Newhey

Rochdale · North West · population 7,195 · 5 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,919 of 6,856 in England
  • #420 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,040
Median age (est.)45
Density421per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

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

Milnrow East & Newhey is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,919 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (55) and lowest on Health (26). Typical homes here sold for about £200,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 92 sales), in line with the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,242 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,315 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 51 · #3,330
Employment 46 · #3,707
Education 55 · #3,097
Health 26 · #5,050
Crime 32 · #4,694
Housing & access 41 · #4,063
Living environment 29 · #4,879

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · -4.2% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00092-4.2%+8.1%
Detached£370,00015+19.4%+39.6%
Semi-detached£205,00040-5.1%+15.5%
Terraced£167,50030+4.4%+24.1%
Flat£125,0007
This area£200,000
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)£35,315±£4,959 · #4,928 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,210
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Milnrow East & Newhey 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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