Wardleworth & Newbold Brow
Rochdale · North West · population 10,596 · 6 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,613 of 6,856 in England
- #853 of 932 in North West
- #23 of 25 in Rochdale
- Most deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Elementary 19% · Process & plant 13% · Professional 13%
All occupation groups
| Elementary | 19% |
| Process & plant | 13% |
| Professional | 13% |
| Sales & customer service | 11% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Associate professional | 9% |
| Skilled trades | 9% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Managers & directors | 6% |
Ethnic group
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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £141,000 | 51 | +4.4% | +76.2% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=2) | |||
| Semi-detached | £151,500 | 12 | -2.9% | +31.7% |
| Terraced | £130,000 | 37 | +2.7% | +64.6% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #6,118 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
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).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Rochdale
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- ThornburyBradford4£136,000
- UndercliffeBradford4£115,000
- Hockley & Jewellery QuarterBirmingham4£191,000
- Little BromwichBirmingham4£205,000
- NewingtonThanet4£245,000
- White Hart LaneHaringey4£392,000