Denton West

Tameside · North West · population 5,047 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,186 of 6,856 in England
  • #445 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 30 in Tameside
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,014
Median age (est.)44
Density1,640per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above20%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 10%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Administrative13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional12%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · 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 West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,186 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (58) and lowest on Health (25). Typical homes here, about £203,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 66 sales), 5% below the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,609 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,206 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,700
Employment 41 · #4,022
Education 30 · #4,831
Health 25 · #5,153
Crime 37 · #4,324
Housing & access 58 · #2,863
Living environment 32 · #4,653

House prices ?

£203,500median (12m) · -4.9% yr · n=66
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£203,50066-4.9%+32.1%
Detached£230,0005
Semi-detached£229,00026-7.6%+35.7%
Terraced£179,76830+4.2%+42.7%
Flat£128,0005-1.5%
This area£203,500
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)£34,206±£4,875 · #5,283 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,287
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

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