Godley

Tameside · North West · population 6,542 · 4 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,445 of 6,856 in England
  • #278 of 932 in North West
  • #4 of 30 in Tameside
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,478
Median age (est.)46
Density1,649per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 31%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 7%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative13%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Elementary7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Godley is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,445 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (70) and lowest on Health (42). Typical homes here, about £268,725 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 62% in five years (from 120 sales), 25% above the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,748 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 70 · #2,041
Employment 58 · #2,843
Education 68 · #2,192
Health 42 · #3,988
Crime 57 · #2,925
Housing & access 57 · #2,932
Living environment 50 · #3,398

House prices ?

£268,725median (12m) · -4.0% yr · n=120
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£268,725120-4.0%+61.9%
Detached£400,00030+8.1%+23.1%
Semi-detached£272,50043+2.8%+48.9%
Terraced£207,50041-0.2%+50.9%
Flat£117,5006-4.1%-0.4%
This area£268,725
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)£35,748±£4,986 · #4,798 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,041
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Godley 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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