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Spotland Bridge

Rochdale · North West · population 8,224 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode OL11 · OL12 · OL16

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

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,140 of 6,856 in England
  • #729 of 932 in North West
  • #18 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,152
Median age (est.)35
Density3,978per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above25%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 13%25–44 28%45–64 22%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 21%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 17%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 17%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant12%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 27%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 65%Asian 27%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · No religion 30% · Muslim 27%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Spotland Bridge is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,140 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (38) and lowest on Crime (7). Typical homes here, about £166,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 91 sales), 20% below the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £29,925 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 12 · #6,024
Employment 12 · #6,037
Education 10 · #6,147
Health 15 · #5,845
Crime 7 · #6,366
Housing & access 38 · #4,262
Living environment 27 · #5,030

House prices ?

£166,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£166,00091-2.1%+44.3%
Detached£397,0008—+68.9%
Semi-detached£203,25028+1.6%+68.0%
Terraced£153,00041-1.3%+45.7%
Flat£112,50014+50.0%+60.7%
This area£166,000
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)£29,925±£4,382 · #6,415 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,431
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Spotland Bridge 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).

Official sources

Nearby areas

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

Central Rochdale & Mandale Park Norden East & Bagslate Moor Springfield Park Healey, Syke & Shawclough Deeplish Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

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