Norden East & Bagslate Moor

Rochdale · North West · population 8,737 · 6 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,185 of 6,856 in England
  • #247 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,650
Median age (est.)48
Density2,465per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 8%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 12%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 12%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 28% · Muslim 12%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Norden East & Bagslate Moor is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,185 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (78) and lowest on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here, about £310,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 49% in five years (from 121 sales), 50% above the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £39,291 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 73 · #1,876
Employment 67 · #2,267
Education 74 · #1,808
Health 50 · #3,398
Crime 59 · #2,781
Housing & access 27 · #4,982
Living environment 78 · #1,479

House prices ?

£310,000median (12m) · +8.2% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£310,000121+8.2%+49.0%
Detached£385,00060+5.5%+32.8%
Semi-detached£249,00040+6.4%+34.6%
Terraced£182,87520+7.6%+44.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£310,000
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)£39,291±£5,519 · #3,631 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,864
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Norden East & Bagslate Moor 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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