Hurst Cross
Tameside · North West · population 8,776 · 5 LSOAs
Postcode OL6
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,941 of 6,856 in England
- #691 of 932 in North West
- #25 of 30 in Tameside
- Most deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 14% · Elementary 14% · Process & plant 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 14% |
| Elementary | 14% |
| Process & plant | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 11% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Associate professional | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 44% · No religion 35% · Muslim 11%
Born outside the UK: 19%
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
Hurst Cross is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,941 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (39) and lowest on Crime (6). Typical homes here, about £202,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 45% in five years (from 92 sales), 6% below the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,977 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £202,500 | 92 | -16.3% | +44.6% |
| Detached | £325,000 | 11 | -13.3% | +4.9% |
| Semi-detached | £250,000 | 29 | -3.1% | +69.5% |
| Terraced | £160,000 | 49 | +1.9% | +47.5% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #4,668 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Hurst Cross 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.
Other areas in Tameside
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- TiptonSandwell13£190,000
- Richmond & StradbrokeSheffield13£180,000
- Ashington EastNorthumberland13£170,500
- BastwellBlackburn with Darwen13£143,144
- Enfield LockEnfield13£407,500
- Tottenham Green WestHaringey13£561,750