Droylsden East

Tameside · North West · population 8,118 · 5 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,420 of 6,856 in England
  • #478 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 30 in Tameside
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,995
Median age (est.)43
Density3,504per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 18%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 13% · Administrative 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Droylsden East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,420 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (55) and lowest on Crime (19). Typical homes here, about £235,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 78 sales), 9% above the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,122 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,221
Employment 31 · #4,749
Education 47 · #3,659
Health 25 · #5,132
Crime 19 · #5,537
Housing & access 55 · #3,069
Living environment 44 · #3,809

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,00078+2.7%+41.1%
Detached£372,50012+9.2%+58.2%
Semi-detached£255,00026+6.2%+54.5%
Terraced£205,00033+11.4%+45.8%
Flat£120,0007
This area£235,000
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)£33,122±£4,612 · #5,636 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,679
Price-to-income ?7.1×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Droylsden 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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