What's the median rent in Balderstone & Kirkholt?

The median monthly rent across Balderstone & Kirkholt is £824.

How well-connected is Balderstone & Kirkholt?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 19 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Balderstone & Kirkholt?

There are 12 schools within 2 km of Balderstone & Kirkholt, of which 17% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3700 m away.

What is the council tax band in Balderstone & Kirkholt?

The most common council tax band in Balderstone & Kirkholt is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,837. Council tax is set by Rochdale council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Balderstone & Kirkholt to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Balderstone & Kirkholt to central London is approximately 161 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Balderstone & Kirkholt?

100% of premises in Balderstone & Kirkholt are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Balderstone & Kirkholt?

Balderstone & Kirkholt sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Balderstone & Kirkholt?

42% of households in Balderstone & Kirkholt are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Balderstone & Kirkholt?

The average property price across Rochdale (the local authority covering Balderstone & Kirkholt) is approximately £206,592, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Balderstone & Kirkholt a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.39 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,535.)

Which local areas are part of Balderstone & Kirkholt?

Balderstone & Kirkholt contains 5 local areas: Rochdale 016B, Rochdale 016C, Rochdale 016A, Rochdale 016D, Rochdale 016E.

What is the average rent in Balderstone & Kirkholt?

The estimated median monthly rent in Balderstone & Kirkholt is £824. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Balderstone & Kirkholt a safe place to live?

Balderstone & Kirkholt has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Balderstone & Kirkholt?

17% of schools within 2 km of Balderstone & Kirkholt are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Balderstone & Kirkholt?

Public-transport commute time from Balderstone & Kirkholt to central London is approximately 161 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Balderstone & Kirkholt different from the rest of Rochdale?

Balderstone & Kirkholt contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Balderstone & Kirkholt rank in Rochdale?

Balderstone & Kirkholt scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Rochdale, see the Cities table on the Rochdale page.

Neighbourhood · Rochdale · North West

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Rochdale 016 · 5 sub-areas · 11,677 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Couples (89/100)Watch-out: Families (65/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Balderstone & Kirkholt is a commuter neighbourhood within Rochdale — train into Manchester runs in around 33 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.

Median rent

£824+9.6%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

0.4

Best 5% nationally

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

33 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

17%

12 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

85/100

Top quartile

Population

11,677

5 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Balderstone & Kirkholt?

A snapshot of Balderstone & Kirkholt

The area is unusually green for its density — 5 parks and 1 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; there's effectively nothing within walking distance — eating out, drinking and shopping mean a drive; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £824 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Balderstone & Kirkholt in Rochdale

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £824 a month — 25% below the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band A.

Median rentCouncil area

£824/mo

Up 9.6% on last year

−£276 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£977/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,837/yr · £153/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

2.9 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−42% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £769/mo · £385/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£599/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£769/mo£385/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£924/mo£308/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£1,332/mo£333/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£681/mo

Terraced house£809/mo

Semi-detached£911/mo

Detached house£1,227/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

40%

of take-home

£824/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moTight but workable

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

19%

of take-home

£385/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

15%

of take-home

£308/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

20%

of take-home

£412/mo per person · take-home £2,065/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£900/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£171,000

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£206,5924.8% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£900/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)5.4%

Years to save 10% deposit2.9 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,601/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,601/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,837/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B3%

Households in fuel poverty14.3%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Balderstone & Kirkholt?

Safety scores 100/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 249.1× safer than the national average (0.4 per 1,000 residents per year). Crime metrics for Greater Manchester are not published to data.police.uk following GMP's 2020 iOPS migration. The displayed crime score is a proxy derived from the IMD 2019 Crime Domain (national percentile rank, inverted). Treat as indicative only.

Crime / 1k / yr

0.4

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 0 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

100/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

1/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

NoteCrime metrics for Greater Manchester are not published to data.police.uk following GMP's 2020 iOPS migration. The displayed crime score is a proxy derived from the IMD 2019 Crime Domain (national percentile rank, inverted). Treat as indicative only.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

0.4 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Balderstone & Kirkholt

Moderate transport links — 65/100; nearest rail station is Rochdale at around 1530 m; 68 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 33 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

65/100

Above median

Best hub commute

33 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

13%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Rochdale

1.5 km walk · 33 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Rochdale Railway Station

1.8 km walk · Manchester Metrolink

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 33 min

Londonapprox

161 min

Manchester

33 min

Birminghamapprox

130 min

Leeds

74 min

Liverpoolapprox

76 min

Bristolapprox

226 min

Sheffieldapprox

91 min

Edinburghapprox

221 min

Glasgowapprox

219 min

Cardiffapprox

228 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)13% work from home

Drive62%Public transport7%Walk / cycle8%Work from home13%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Balderstone & Kirkholt

12 schools within a 2 km radius; around 17% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, All Souls Church of England Primary School, is around 3871 m away.

School scoreHow? →

37/100

Below median

Schools within 2 km

2 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

17%

Of all schools within 2 km

−53.3 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

All Souls Church of England Primary School

3.9 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy	Academy Sponsor Led	Requires improvement	752 m
Sandbrook Community Primary School	Academy Converter	Requires improvement	909 m
Ashfield Valley Primary School	Community School	Good	1.4 km
Deeplish Primary Academy	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	1.5 km
Castleton Primary School	Community School	Requires improvement	1.7 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Balderstone & Kirkholt?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs0≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants0≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety0≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas1≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums0≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks5≤ 500 m
Playgrounds1≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)68≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)68≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Balderstone & Kirkholt right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

65/100

Good fit

Schools rate modestly (17% Good+ within 2 km), rental turnover is higher than average, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

68/100

Good fit

Transport scores 65/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

89/100

Great fit

Liveability 85/100, safety 100/100 and median rent at £824/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

74/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~528 m, hospital ~1.9 km), greenspace is walkable, and 11% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

69/100

Good fit

Gross yield 5.4%, capital growth +4.8% YoY, 11% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

70/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is thin (11% PRS), 34% of households are single-person, with transit a short walk away.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: family-aged profile (29% under 18), 21% degree-educated, below the national average.

Age profile

Under 1829%18–3423%35–4920%50–6416%65+11%

Tenure

Owned42%Private rent11%Social rent46%

Households

One person34%Couple with children21%Lone parent21%Other4%

Property types

Flat13%Terraced17%Semi-detached47%Detached9%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 39/100

Ethnic group

White77%Asian12%Black7%Mixed3%Other1%

Country of birth

UK-born79%Born outside UK21%

Religion

Christian47%Muslim12%No religion31%Other1%

Education and health21% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)21.2%−12.3 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications26.2%

Self-rated good or very good health78.6%

Self-rated bad or very bad health7.8%

Disabled (Equality Act)20.5%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.39 jobs per resident); median resident salary £29,535/year; 6.0% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£29,535/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

8.6%

ONS ILO method — 58% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

95,000

0.39 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 8.6% · 58% economically active · 41% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 8.6% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed53%Unemployed5%Inactive41%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 6.0% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

16.4%

Retail & hospitality

24.2%

Education

8.6%

Manufacturing

10.3%

Professional

3.8%

Construction

5.4%

Tech & ICT

2.1%

Finance

0.5%

Net commute flow: +86,337 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Balderstone & Kirkholt

5 sub-areas and 200+ postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Rochdale 016B	£824	85	—	70	View →
Rochdale 016C	£824	100	100	51	View →
Rochdale 016A	£824	85	—	77	View →
Rochdale 016D	£824	85	—	57	View →
Rochdale 016E	£824	38	—	65	View →

Postcodes covered

In Rochdale 016A

OL11 1TQ OL11 2HP OL11 2HQ OL11 2HR OL11 2HS OL11 2HT OL11 2HU OL11 2HW OL11 2HX OL11 2HY OL11 2LE OL11 2LF OL11 2LG OL11 2LH OL11 2LJ OL11 2LL OL11 2LN OL11 2LP OL11 2LQ OL11 2LR OL11 2LT OL11 2LU OL11 2LW OL11 2NA OL11 2NL OL11 2NN OL11 2NP OL11 2NW OL11 2QT OL11 2RA

In Rochdale 016B

OL11 2AD OL11 2AH OL11 2AJ OL11 2AL OL11 2AW OL11 2EJ OL11 2EL OL11 2HA OL11 2HB OL11 2HD OL11 2HE OL11 2HF OL11 2HN OL11 2JT OL11 2JX OL11 2LS OL11 2WE OL11 2WF OL11 2WG OL11 2WJ OL16 4PA OL16 4PB OL16 4PD OL16 4PE OL16 4PF OL16 4PG OL16 4PH OL16 4PQ OL16 4PR OL16 4PX OL16 4PZ OL16 4QF OL16 4QP OL16 4QR OL16 4QS OL16 4QU OL16 4QW OL16 4QX OL16 4RA OL16 4RB OL16 4RE OL16 4RF OL16 4RG OL16 4SP OL16 4SR

In Rochdale 016C

OL11 2AE OL11 2AQ OL11 2BD OL11 2BE OL11 2BG OL11 2BP OL11 2BU OL11 2DA OL11 2DB OL11 2DD OL11 2DE OL11 2DF OL11 2DG OL11 2DH OL11 2DJ OL11 2DL OL11 2DN OL11 2DP OL11 2DQ OL11 2HZ OL11 2JA OL11 2JB OL11 2JD OL11 2JE OL11 2JF OL11 2JG OL11 2JH OL11 2QS OL11 2QU OL11 2QX OL11 2RB OL11 2RD OL11 2RH OL11 2RN OL11 2RR OL11 2RS OL11 2RW OL11 2RX OL11 2RY OL11 2RZ OL11 2SB OL11 2SE OL11 2SG OL11 2SH

In Rochdale 016D

OL11 2AF OL11 2AG OL11 2AS OL11 2AT OL11 2AU OL11 2AX OL11 2AY OL11 2BA OL11 2BB OL11 2BF OL11 2BH OL11 2DR OL11 2DU OL11 2DW OL11 2DX OL11 2DY OL11 2DZ OL11 2EA OL11 2EB OL11 2ED OL11 2EE OL11 2EF OL11 2EG OL11 2EH OL11 2EQ OL11 2RE OL11 2RJ OL11 2RL OL11 2RP OL11 2RT OL11 2RU OL11 2SD OL11 2SF OL16 4AG OL16 4RH OL16 4RL

In Rochdale 016E

OL11 2AZ OL11 2BL OL11 2BN OL11 2BS OL11 2BT OL11 2UR OL16 4AH OL16 4FU OL16 4GB OL16 4GE OL16 4GF OL16 4GG OL16 4NR OL16 4NY OL16 4NZ OL16 4PU OL16 4PY OL16 4QA OL16 4QB OL16 4QD OL16 4QG OL16 4QH OL16 4QL OL16 4QQ OL16 4QT OL16 4QY OL16 4QZ OL16 4RD OL16 4RN OL16 4RQ OL16 4RT OL16 4RU OL16 4RW OL16 4RX OL16 4RY OL16 4RZ OL16 4SA OL16 4SB OL16 4SD OL16 4SE OL16 4SF OL16 4SG OL16 4SH OL16 4SJ OL16 4SQ

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What's the median rent in Balderstone & Kirkholt?: The median monthly rent across Balderstone & Kirkholt is £824.
How safe is Balderstone & Kirkholt?: Balderstone & Kirkholt has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Balderstone & Kirkholt?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 19 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Balderstone & Kirkholt?: There are 12 schools within 2 km of Balderstone & Kirkholt, of which 17% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3700 m away.
What is the council tax band in Balderstone & Kirkholt?: The most common council tax band in Balderstone & Kirkholt is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,837. Council tax is set by Rochdale council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Balderstone & Kirkholt to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Balderstone & Kirkholt to central London is approximately 161 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Balderstone & Kirkholt?: 100% of premises in Balderstone & Kirkholt are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Balderstone & Kirkholt?: Balderstone & Kirkholt sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Balderstone & Kirkholt?: 42% of households in Balderstone & Kirkholt are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Balderstone & Kirkholt?: The average property price across Rochdale (the local authority covering Balderstone & Kirkholt) is approximately £206,592, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Balderstone & Kirkholt a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.39 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,535.)
Which local areas are part of Balderstone & Kirkholt?: Balderstone & Kirkholt contains 5 local areas: Rochdale 016B, Rochdale 016C, Rochdale 016A, Rochdale 016D, Rochdale 016E.

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What is the average rent in Balderstone & Kirkholt?: The estimated median monthly rent in Balderstone & Kirkholt is £824. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Balderstone & Kirkholt a safe place to live?: Balderstone & Kirkholt has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Balderstone & Kirkholt?: 17% of schools within 2 km of Balderstone & Kirkholt are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Balderstone & Kirkholt?: Public-transport commute time from Balderstone & Kirkholt to central London is approximately 161 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Balderstone & Kirkholt different from the rest of Rochdale?: Balderstone & Kirkholt contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Balderstone & Kirkholt rank in Rochdale?: Balderstone & Kirkholt scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Rochdale, see the Cities table on the Rochdale page.

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