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Dukinfield West

Tameside · North West · population 8,063 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Dukinfield · Postcode OL6 · SK14 · SK16

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

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,660 of 6,856 in England
  • #650 of 932 in North West
  • #22 of 30 in Tameside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,039
Median age (est.)39
Density3,060per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above23%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 27%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 14%Other: 11%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 14%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 13% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional13%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant10%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · 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

Dukinfield West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,660 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 30 in Tameside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (70) but weak on Health (13). Typical homes here, about £196,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 90 sales), 9% below the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,796 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,249
Employment 14 · #5,914
Education 28 · #4,947
Health 13 · #5,969
Crime 15 · #5,832
Housing & access 70 · #2,034
Living environment 29 · #4,858

House prices ?

£196,250median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£196,25090+6.2%+36.3%
Detached£355,00013+10.9%+41.7%
Semi-detached£251,50019+7.5%+36.9%
Terraced£168,00055-2.3%+33.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£196,250
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)£29,796±£4,165 · #6,440 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,267
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Dukinfield 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.

Newtonmoor Ashton Central Guide Bridge Dukinfield East & Hough Hill Hyde North Ashton East

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