North Middleton & Stakehill

Rochdale · North West · population 10,034 · 6 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,612 of 6,856 in England
  • #644 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,775
Median age (est.)38
Density1,404per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above25%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 24%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 17%Other: 12%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 17%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 4%Black: 7%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 4%Black 7%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 32% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

North Middleton & Stakehill is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,612 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (60) and lowest on Crime (11). Typical homes here, about £225,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 149 sales), 9% above the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £31,314 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,503
Employment 14 · #5,900
Education 28 · #4,920
Health 12 · #6,017
Crime 11 · #6,113
Housing & access 60 · #2,774
Living environment 48 · #3,535

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · -4.5% yr · n=149
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,000149-4.5%+36.0%
Detached£371,99537-5.7%+30.5%
Semi-detached£236,00058-4.6%+37.2%
Terraced£181,25038+2.1%+61.1%
Flat£96,99816+4.9%+34.3%
This area£225,000
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)£31,314±£4,369 · #6,119 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,822
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering North Middleton & Stakehill 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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