What's the median rent in Milnrow West?

The median monthly rent across Milnrow West is £824.

How well-connected is Milnrow West?

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 30 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Milnrow West?

There are 11 schools within 2 km of Milnrow West, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 5347 m away.

What is the council tax band in Milnrow West?

The most common council tax band in Milnrow West is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,033. Council tax is set by Rochdale council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Milnrow West to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Milnrow West to central London is approximately 175 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 Milnrow West?

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

What is the deprivation rank of Milnrow West?

Milnrow West sits in IMD decile 5 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 Milnrow West?

68% of households in Milnrow West 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 Milnrow West?

The average property price across Rochdale (the local authority covering Milnrow West) 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 Milnrow West 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 Milnrow West?

Milnrow West contains 4 local areas: Rochdale 013A, Rochdale 013D, Rochdale 013C, Rochdale 013B.

What is the average rent in Milnrow West?

The estimated median monthly rent in Milnrow West 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.

What schools are near Milnrow West?

50% of schools within 2 km of Milnrow West are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Milnrow West?

Public-transport commute time from Milnrow West to central London is approximately 175 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Milnrow West different from the rest of Rochdale?

Milnrow West contains 4 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 Milnrow West rank in Rochdale?

Milnrow West 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

Milnrow West

Rochdale 013 · 4 sub-areas · 6,499 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Solo renters (72/100)Watch-out: Retirees (51/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Milnrow West is a commuter neighbourhood within Rochdale — train into Manchester runs in around 46 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.

Median rent

£824+9.6%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

—

GM via IMD proxy

Best hub commute

46 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

50%

11 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

85/100

Top quartile

Population

6,499

4 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Milnrow West?

A snapshot of Milnrow West

Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; 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 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Milnrow West 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

£993/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £2,033/yr · £169/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

3.5 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−29% 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~£1,112/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£211,250

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

Estimated monthly mortgage£1,112/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)4.4%

Years to save 10% deposit3.5 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£2,033/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B3%

Households in fuel poverty11.8%

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 Milnrow West?

Safety data is being processed for this neighbourhood.

Crime / 1k / yr

—

Safety scoreHow? →

—

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

5/10

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.

No breakdown data available.

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 Milnrow West

Strong transport links — 96/100; nearest rail station is Rochdale at around 2407 m; 26 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 46 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

96/100

Best 5% nationally

Best hub commute

46 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

23%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Rochdale

2.4 km walk · 46 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Kingsway Business Park

369 m walk · Manchester Metrolink

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 46 min

Londonapprox

175 min

Manchester

46 min

Birminghamapprox

143 min

Leeds

84 min

Liverpoolapprox

89 min

Bristolapprox

240 min

Sheffieldapprox

104 min

Edinburghapprox

234 min

Glasgowapprox

231 min

Cardiffapprox

242 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)23% work from home

Drive61%Public transport7%Walk / cycle8%Work from home23%

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 Milnrow West

11 schools within a 2 km radius; around 50% rated Good or Outstanding.

School scoreHow? →

71/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

6 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

50%

Of all schools within 2 km

−19.6 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

5.3 km

Nearest Good: Moorhouse Academy (555 m)

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Moorhouse Academy	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	555 m
Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	685 m
Hollingworth Academy	Academy Converter	Good	873 m
Crossgates Primary School	Foundation School	Good	1.1 km
Newhey Community Primary School	Community School	Good	1.3 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 Milnrow West?

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
Bars1≤ 500 m
Restaurants0≤ 500 m
Cafés1≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety0≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas0≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums1≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets1≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks1≤ 500 m
Playgrounds1≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)26≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)26≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops2≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Milnrow West 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

51/100

Mixed

Schools (50% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

66/100

Good fit

Transport scores 96/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

68/100

Good fit

Liveability 85/100, safety 0/100 and median rent at £824/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

51/100

Mixed

Healthcare proximity, greenspace and the over-65 share fall below what most retirees prioritise here.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

60/100

Good fit

Gross yield 4.4%, capital growth +4.8% YoY, 19% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

72/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is thin (19% PRS), 33% of households are single-person, and transit is on the doorstep.

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 demographic profile.

Age profile

Under 1820%18–3421%35–4918%50–6421%65+20%

Tenure

Owned68%Private rent19%Social rent12%

Households

One person33%Couple with children17%Lone parent11%Other4%

Property types

Flat13%Terraced33%Semi-detached36%Detached14%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 11/100

Ethnic group

White94%Asian2%Black1%Mixed2%Other0%

Country of birth

UK-born95%Born outside UK5%

Religion

Christian52%Muslim1%No religion39%Other1%

Education and health27% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)27.3%−6.2 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications18.8%

Self-rated good or very good health78.8%

Self-rated bad or very bad health5.7%

Disabled (Equality Act)21.4%

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)

4.8%

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 4.8% · 58% economically active · 42% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 4.8% — 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.

Employed55%Unemployed3%Inactive42%

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: +86,510 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 Milnrow West

4 sub-areas and 182 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Rochdale 013A	£824	85	—	97	View →
Rochdale 013D	£824	85	—	95	View →
Rochdale 013C	£824	85	—	72	View →
Rochdale 013B	£824	85	—	97	View →

Postcodes covered

In Rochdale 013D

OL16 3AZ OL16 3BA OL16 3BB OL16 3BD OL16 3BE OL16 3BF OL16 3BG OL16 3BH OL16 3BJ OL16 3BL OL16 3BN OL16 3BP OL16 3BS OL16 3BU OL16 3BZ OL16 3DD OL16 4AU OL16 4AX OL16 4AY OL16 4AZ OL16 4BA OL16 4BB OL16 4BE OL16 4BG OL16 4BH OL16 4BJ OL16 4BL OL16 4BN OL16 4BQ OL16 4BW OL16 4DS OL16 4EJ OL16 4FW OL16 4FX OL16 4FY OL16 4FZ OL16 4GA OL16 4GN OL16 4GR OL16 4GT OL16 4GW OL16 4NG OL16 4NW OL16 4UG

In Rochdale 013B

OL16 3BY OL16 3DA OL16 3DB OL16 3LL OL16 3LP OL16 3PX OL16 3UU OL16 3XD OL16 4AS OL16 4BS OL16 4BT OL16 4BU OL16 4BX OL16 4BY OL16 4BZ OL16 4DA OL16 4DB OL16 4DD OL16 4DE OL16 4DF OL16 4DG OL16 4DH OL16 4DJ OL16 4DL OL16 4DN OL16 4DP OL16 4DQ OL16 4DR OL16 4DT OL16 4DU OL16 4DW OL16 4DX OL16 4DZ OL16 4EA OL16 4GJ OL16 4HH OL16 4HJ OL16 4HL OL16 4JH OL16 4JJ OL16 4JL OL16 4JN

In Rochdale 013A

OL16 3DE OL16 3JF OL16 3JG OL16 3JZ OL16 3LD OL16 3LE OL16 3LF OL16 3LH OL16 3LJ OL16 3LN OL16 3LQ OL16 3LS OL16 3LW OL16 3LX OL16 3LY OL16 3LZ OL16 3NA OL16 3NB OL16 3ND OL16 3NE OL16 3NF OL16 3NJ OL16 3NQ OL16 3NW OL16 3TN OL16 3UA OL16 3UE OL16 3UF OL16 3UG OL16 3UP OL16 3UQ OL16 3XG OL16 4AR OL16 4BD OL16 4BF OL16 4BP OL16 4DY OL16 4GQ OL16 4HA OL16 4HD OL16 4HF OL16 4HG OL16 4HN OL16 4HP OL16 4HQ OL16 4HR OL16 4HS OL16 4HU OL16 4HX OL16 4HY OL16 4HZ OL16 4JA OL16 4JB OL16 4JQ OL16 4JW

In Rochdale 013C

OL16 3PR OL16 3PS OL16 3PY OL16 3PZ OL16 4AJ OL16 4EB OL16 4ED OL16 4EE OL16 4EF OL16 4EG OL16 4EH OL16 4EL OL16 4EN OL16 4EP OL16 4EQ OL16 4ER OL16 4ES OL16 4ET OL16 4EU OL16 4EW OL16 4EX OL16 4EY OL16 4EZ OL16 4GH OL16 4HB OL16 4JD OL16 4JE OL16 4JF OL16 4JP OL16 4JR OL16 4LE OL16 4LG OL16 4LJ OL16 4NL OL16 4NS OL16 4NU OL16 4QJ OL16 4YA OL16 4YB OL16 4YD OL16 4YE

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Milnrow West?: The median monthly rent across Milnrow West is £824.
How safe is Milnrow West?: Milnrow West 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 Milnrow West?: 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 30 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Milnrow West?: There are 11 schools within 2 km of Milnrow West, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 5347 m away.
What is the council tax band in Milnrow West?: The most common council tax band in Milnrow West is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,033. Council tax is set by Rochdale council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Milnrow West to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Milnrow West to central London is approximately 175 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 Milnrow West?: 100% of premises in Milnrow West are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Milnrow West?: Milnrow West sits in IMD decile 5 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 Milnrow West?: 68% of households in Milnrow West 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 Milnrow West?: The average property price across Rochdale (the local authority covering Milnrow West) 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 Milnrow West 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 Milnrow West?: Milnrow West contains 4 local areas: Rochdale 013A, Rochdale 013D, Rochdale 013C, Rochdale 013B.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Milnrow West

Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.

What is the average rent in Milnrow West?: The estimated median monthly rent in Milnrow West 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.
What schools are near Milnrow West?: 50% of schools within 2 km of Milnrow West are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Milnrow West?: Public-transport commute time from Milnrow West to central London is approximately 175 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Milnrow West different from the rest of Rochdale?: Milnrow West contains 4 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 Milnrow West rank in Rochdale?: Milnrow West 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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