Denton East

Tameside · North West · population 5,634 · 4 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,776 of 6,856 in England
  • #513 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 30 in Tameside
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,633
Median age (est.)44
Density4,200per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above20%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 22%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 15%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 15%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 13% · Skilled trades 12% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative12%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service11%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors8%

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 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Denton East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,776 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (59) and lowest on Crime (23). Typical homes here, about £208,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 54% in five years (from 55 sales), in line with the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,889 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 33 · #4,570
Employment 25 · #5,146
Education 25 · #5,139
Health 24 · #5,194
Crime 23 · #5,290
Housing & access 59 · #2,795
Living environment 58 · #2,850

House prices ?

£208,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=55
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£208,00055+3.7%+54.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£229,25030+6.1%+43.1%
Terraced£188,00019+3.0%+48.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£208,000
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)£31,889±£4,461 · #5,980 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,787
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 Denton East 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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