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Carrbrook & Micklehurst

Tameside · North West · population 6,993 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode OL5 · SK15

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,502 of 6,856 in England
  • #489 of 932 in North West
  • #12 of 30 in Tameside
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,102
Median age (est.)41
Density974per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above27%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 24%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Carrbrook & Micklehurst is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,502 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 30 in Tameside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Employment (26). Typical homes here, about £238,975 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 48 sales), 11% above the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,781 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,694
Employment 26 · #5,057
Education 61 · #2,644
Health 35 · #4,481
Crime 34 · #4,502
Housing & access 27 · #4,995
Living environment 86 · #971

House prices ?

£238,975median (12m) · +0.2% yr · n=48
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£238,97548+0.2%+25.8%
Detached£325,0009-5.2%+16.1%
Semi-detached£227,50032-1.1%+19.7%
Terraced£220,0007+1.1%+37.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£238,975
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)£36,781±£5,141 · #4,434 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,467
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

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

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Carrbrook & Micklehurst 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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Nearby areas

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

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