Ashton Waterloo

Tameside · North West · population 8,074 · 5 LSOAs

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,688 of 6,856 in England
  • #653 of 932 in North West
  • #23 of 30 in Tameside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,991
Median age (est.)42
Density3,405per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above20%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 29%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Process & plant 12% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Process & plant12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Professional11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 16%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 79%Asian 16%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 31% · Muslim 12%

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

Ashton Waterloo is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,688 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (54) and lowest on Crime (12). Typical homes here, about £205,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 46% in five years (from 68 sales), in line with the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,000 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 17 · #5,660
Employment 14 · #5,907
Education 23 · #5,283
Health 14 · #5,907
Crime 12 · #6,010
Housing & access 54 · #3,131
Living environment 44 · #3,803

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · +5.1% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,00068+5.1%+46.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£216,00036-1.8%+49.0%
Terraced£177,50526+4.4%+37.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£205,000
Tameside£215,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Household income

Net household income (a year)£30,000±£4,278 · #6,396 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,728
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

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