Ashton North

Tameside · North West · population 5,884 · 4 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,803 of 6,856 in England
  • #405 of 932 in North West
  • #7 of 30 in Tameside
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,867
Median age (est.)46
Density1,013per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above28%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 21%
One person 24%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 23%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 73%Asian 23%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 24% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Ashton North is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,803 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (76) and lowest on Crime (29). Typical homes here, about £286,995 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 81 sales), 33% above the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,206 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,761
Employment 38 · #4,241
Education 50 · #3,398
Health 32 · #4,646
Crime 29 · #4,865
Housing & access 52 · #3,261
Living environment 76 · #1,636

House prices ?

£286,995median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£286,99581+2.5%+47.0%
Detached£342,500280.0%+31.2%
Semi-detached£282,00045+7.0%+68.4%
Terraced£223,5006-17.5%+24.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£286,995
Tameside£215,000
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)£34,206±£4,782 · #5,282 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,851
Price-to-income ?8.4×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Ashton North 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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