Smallshaw

Tameside · North West · population 7,892 · 5 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,353 of 6,856 in England
  • #783 of 932 in North West
  • #28 of 30 in Tameside
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,942
Median age (est.)37
Density6,053per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above22%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 32%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 18%Other: 12%
One person 32%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 18%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant12%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 15%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 79%Asian 15%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 35% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Smallshaw is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,353 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 30 in Tameside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (47) and lowest on Health (5). Typical homes here, about £175,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 57 sales), 19% below the wider Tameside median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,401 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 8 · #6,291
Employment 7 · #6,346
Education 14 · #5,880
Health 5 · #6,517
Crime 5 · #6,490
Housing & access 47 · #3,659
Living environment 24 · #5,201

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,00057+1.7%+36.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£215,00027+5.5%+48.3%
Terraced£155,00027+1.5%+45.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£175,000
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)£30,401±£4,269 · #6,317 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,981
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Smallshaw 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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