Denton South

Tameside · North West · population 9,101 · 6 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,578 of 6,856 in England
  • #636 of 932 in North West
  • #21 of 30 in Tameside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,121
Median age (est.)45
Density3,620per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above21%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 35%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 39%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Skilled trades13%
Professional12%
Associate professional12%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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 South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,578 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (63) and lowest on Crime (14). Typical homes here, about £215,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 93 sales), in line with the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,987 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 21 · #5,420
Employment 15 · #5,825
Education 18 · #5,647
Health 15 · #5,839
Crime 14 · #5,866
Housing & access 48 · #3,576
Living environment 63 · #2,562

House prices ?

£215,000median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£215,00093+2.4%+34.4%
Detached£372,50012+22.1%+39.3%
Semi-detached£232,85036+3.5%+25.5%
Terraced£184,00044-0.5%+33.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£215,000
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)£29,987±£4,193 · #6,401 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,553
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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Denton South 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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