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Droylsden West

Tameside · North West · population 6,528 · 4 LSOAs

Part of Droylsden · Postcode M11 · M35 · M43

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,611 of 6,856 in England
  • #496 of 932 in North West
  • #13 of 30 in Tameside
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,386
Median age (est.)41
Density5,823per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 5%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 13% · Associate professional 13% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service10%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 6%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 6%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 36% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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 West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,611 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (54) and lowest on Living environment (22). Typical homes here, about £215,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 72 sales), in line with the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,701 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 35 · #4,481
Employment 33 · #4,618
Education 38 · #4,234
Health 26 · #5,050
Crime 24 · #5,208
Housing & access 54 · #3,145
Living environment 22 · #5,379

House prices ?

£215,750median (12m) · +11.8% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£215,75072+11.8%+43.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£221,75054+4.8%+45.6%
Terraced£195,25015+4.1%+54.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£215,750
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)£33,701±£4,753 · #5,436 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,681
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Droylsden 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).

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Droylsden Central Clayton Vale (Manchester) Openshaw & Gorton North (Manchester) Failsworth South (Oldham) Droylsden East Beswick, Eastlands & Openshaw Park (Manchester)

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