Cheetham Fold & Gee Cross

Tameside · North West · population 7,457 · 5 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,267 of 6,856 in England
  • #259 of 932 in North West
  • #3 of 30 in Tameside
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,436
Median age (est.)46
Density1,282per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 7%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%

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

Cheetham Fold & Gee Cross is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,267 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (76) and lowest on Living environment (36). Typical homes here, about £264,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 129 sales), 23% above the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,605 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 70 · #2,041
Employment 65 · #2,411
Education 76 · #1,664
Health 42 · #3,967
Crime 44 · #3,844
Housing & access 70 · #2,041
Living environment 36 · #4,399

House prices ?

£264,000median (12m) · +10.0% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£264,000129+10.0%+27.5%
Detached£505,00020+22.9%+18.1%
Semi-detached£275,00060+5.8%+39.2%
Terraced£229,00045+10.4%+38.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£264,000
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)£36,605±£5,131 · #4,494 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,743
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Cheetham Fold & Gee Cross 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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