Milnrow West

Rochdale · North West · population 6,315 · 4 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,215 of 6,856 in England
  • #584 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 25 in Rochdale
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,339
Median age (est.)42
Density1,705per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 18%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 92%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 39% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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 West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,215 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (50) and lowest on Health (14). Typical homes here, about £205,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 48% in five years (from 83 sales), in line with the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £32,607 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 36 · #4,420
Employment 20 · #5,462
Education 34 · #4,522
Health 14 · #5,914
Crime 19 · #5,557
Housing & access 50 · #3,398
Living environment 36 · #4,392

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · +10.2% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,00083+10.2%+48.0%
Detached£330,000190.0%+12.8%
Semi-detached£208,75026+7.4%+23.5%
Terraced£175,00035+9.4%+52.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£205,000
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)£32,607±£4,583 · #5,804 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,281
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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Milnrow 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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