Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

Rochdale · North West · population 10,596 · 6 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,613 of 6,856 in England
  • #853 of 932 in North West
  • #23 of 25 in Rochdale
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,360
Median age (est.)30
Density5,637per km²
No qualifications33%
Degree or above22%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 16%25–44 31%45–64 18%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 19%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 15%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 15%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant13%
Professional13%
Sales & customer service11%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 23%Asian: 67%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 4%
White 23%Asian 67%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 70% · Christian 16% · No religion 10%

Born outside the UK: 36%

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

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,613 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #23 of 25 in Rochdale. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (21) and lowest on Income (2). Typical homes here, about £141,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 76% in five years (from 51 sales), 32% below the wider Rochdale median of £206,500. Typical household take-home income is around £27,282 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 2 · #6,682
Employment 7 · #6,387
Education 4 · #6,599
Health 6 · #6,455
Crime 9 · #6,243
Housing & access 21 · #5,400
Living environment 13 · #5,976

House prices ?

£141,000median (12m) · +4.4% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£141,00051+4.4%+76.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£151,50012-2.9%+31.7%
Terraced£130,00037+2.7%+64.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£141,000
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)£27,282±£4,175 · #6,738 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£20,462
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Wardleworth & Newbold Brow 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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