Neighbourhoods in Rochdale
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25 neighbourhoods · 135 sub-areas
Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.
| Wardleworth & Newbold Brow | £665 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Central Rochdale & Mandale Park | £700 | +9.6% | 100 | 100 |
| Deeplish | £706 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Balderstone & Kirkholt | £722 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Heywood Town | £733 | +9.6% | 85 | — |
| Castleton & Trub | £742 | +9.6% | 99 | 100 |
| Kingsway | £756 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill | £778 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Spotland Bridge | £783 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Middleton East | £790 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Littleborough North & Calderbook | £794 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Milnrow East & Newhey | £805 | +9.6% | 96 | 100 |
| North Middleton & Stakehill | £812 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Hurstead & Smallbridge | £829 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Heywood Hopwood & Siddal Moor | £832 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Milnrow West | £836 | +9.6% | 85 | — |
| Healey, Syke & Shawclough | £849 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Littleborough West & Wardle | £880 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Middleton Town & Rhodes | £890 | +9.6% | 85 | 100 |
| Littleborough South & Smithy Bridge | £905 | +9.6% | 82 | 100 |
| Hooley Bridge & Norden West | £916 | +9.6% | 89 | 100 |
| Langley & Wood Side | £931 | +9.6% | 81 | 100 |
| Springfield Park | £977 | +9.6% | 68 | — |
| Alkrington | £1,024 | +9.6% | 27 | — |
| Norden East & Bagslate Moor | £1,065 | +9.6% | 42 | — |
Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.
Where to look in Rochdale
Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Rochdale. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.
Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).
Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).
Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Rochdale median.
Cost of living
Median rent and council tax across Rochdale.
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.
Safety in Rochdale
Greater Manchester Police don't publish to data.police.uk, so crime metrics for Rochdale are intentionally blank. National rank against the 335 council area peer set is shown for context where available.
Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.
Schools in Rochdale
100% of schools serving Rochdale are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.
Transport in Rochdale
Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.
Job access from Rochdale
Rochdale has 0.39 jobs per resident locally. Below median
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.
Frequently asked about Rochdale
Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.
- What is the average rent in Rochdale?
- The median monthly rent across Rochdale is £824, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
- Where is the cheapest place to rent in Rochdale?
- The cheapest neighbourhood in Rochdale by estimated median rent is Wardleworth & Newbold Brow at approximately £665/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
- What's the best neighbourhood to live in Rochdale?
- By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Rochdale is Central Rochdale & Mandale Park at 100/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
- Is Rochdale a safe area?
- Rochdale has an average safety score of 100/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
- What is council tax in Rochdale?
- The most common council tax band in Rochdale is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,162. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Rochdale.
- What is the average salary in Rochdale?
- The median annual resident salary in Rochdale is £29,535, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Rochdale, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
- What is the average house price in Rochdale?
- The average property price in Rochdale is approximately £206,592 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
- What's the rental yield in Rochdale?
- Gross rental yield in Rochdale is approximately 4.9% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
- How long does it take to save a deposit in Rochdale?
- Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 3.2 years in Rochdale. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Rochdale?
- 100% of premises in Rochdale are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
- What's the unemployment rate in Rochdale?
- 6.0% of 16-64 residents in Rochdale are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
- How many neighbourhoods are in Rochdale?
- Rochdale contains 25 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 135 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
What you need on day one
All sub-areas in Rochdale
Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.
- Rochdale 010F
- Rochdale 015E
- Rochdale 017B
- Rochdale 012E
- Rochdale 024D
- Rochdale 009B
- Rochdale 015A
- Rochdale 015D
- Rochdale 008B
- Rochdale 022D
- Rochdale 014C
- Rochdale 008H
- Rochdale 004D
- Rochdale 008I
- Rochdale 021E
- Rochdale 022E
- Rochdale 019C
- Rochdale 012B
- Rochdale 010B
- Rochdale 008D
- Rochdale 010G
- Rochdale 012A
- Rochdale 021B
- Rochdale 023B
- Rochdale 023G
- Rochdale 012D
- Rochdale 015C
- Rochdale 008A
- Rochdale 004E
- Rochdale 018B
- Rochdale 023F
- Rochdale 022C
- Rochdale 020E
- Rochdale 015B
- Rochdale 010D
- Rochdale 003D
- Rochdale 001D
- Rochdale 024A
- Rochdale 009D
- Rochdale 014E
- Rochdale 001C
- Rochdale 005E
- Rochdale 009C
- Rochdale 018E
- Rochdale 017C
- Rochdale 017A
- Rochdale 022B
- Rochdale 016B
- Rochdale 018D
- Rochdale 018F
- Rochdale 018C
- Rochdale 008F
- Rochdale 006C
- Rochdale 023D
- Rochdale 010A
- Rochdale 010E
- Rochdale 005F
- Rochdale 016C
- Rochdale 021A
- Rochdale 022A
- Rochdale 024E
- Rochdale 012F
- Rochdale 005B
- Rochdale 018A
- Rochdale 020D
- Rochdale 013A
- Rochdale 017D
- Rochdale 023A
- Rochdale 004C
- Rochdale 004A
- Rochdale 010C
- Rochdale 023E
- Rochdale 025C
- Rochdale 005D
- Rochdale 016A
- Rochdale 024B
- Rochdale 004B
- Rochdale 017F
- Rochdale 011B
- Rochdale 022F
Showing 80 of 135 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.