Mottram, Hollingworth & Broadbottom
Tameside 023 · 4 sub-areas · 6,178 residents
Tameside 023, in the borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, is home to around 6,200 people and skews noticeably older and more settled than the wider borough. A typical two-bedroom home lets for about £870 a month — well below the UK median — and over seven in ten residents own their home outright or with a mortgage.
Mottram, Hollingworth & Broadbottom is a commuter neighbourhood within Tameside — train into Manchester runs in around 55 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. Most homes are owner-occupied, so turnover is low and many residents have been here a long time.
Overview
What's it like to live in Mottram, Hollingworth & Broadbottom?
Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; 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 £917 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.
Mottram, Hollingworth & Broadbottom in Tameside
Living in Mottram, Hollingworth & Broadbottom
This part of Tameside has a distinctly settled, residential feel. The population is older than you'd expect in most Greater Manchester neighbourhoods — nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, and the 50–64 age band adds another roughly one in five. That shapes the character of the area: quieter streets, a high rate of owner-occupation, and relatively few of the transient rental pressures common in younger urban pockets.
On cost, Tameside 023 sits at the affordable end of Greater Manchester. A one-bedroom property runs around £675 a month, a two-bed roughly £870, and a three-bed about £1,045. Those figures are well under the UK national median for comparable sizes. Rents did rise around 7.8% over the past year, so the affordability gap with pricier parts of the city is narrowing — but it's still real. Council tax (Band D) comes to about £2,450 a year. The median house price is just over £205,000, and a typical buyer could save a deposit in around 3.4 years on a local salary — a relatively quick timeline by national standards.
Most residents here are owners, not renters. Owner-occupiers account for nearly 72% of households, with private renters making up only around 16%. That demographic leans heavily on families and older couples — single-person households are common too, at about one in three. The area is ethnically homogeneous, with around 95% of residents UK-born, and has a relatively low ethnic diversity index of 7.5.
For getting around, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.6 km away — about a 20-minute walk — and the public transport commute to Manchester city centre takes around 52 minutes. Most residents drive: nearly 58% commute by car, and only around 5% use public transport for their journey to work. A substantial 31% work from home. Broadband coverage is full gigabit across the area, with no premises below the universal service obligation threshold. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on specific pockets within the neighbourhood.
What you'll need on day one
Compare Mottram, Hollingworth & Broadbottom with
Frequently asked
- Is Tameside 023 a nice place to live?
- It's a quiet, settled neighbourhood with very low crime — around 2 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — and affordable rents well below the UK median. The trade-off is that it skews older and car-dependent, with limited public transport links and a below-average share of nearby schools rated Good or Outstanding.
- What is the rent in Tameside 023?
- A one-bedroom property typically lets for around £675 a month, a two-bedroom around £870, and a three-bedroom about £1,045. Rents rose roughly 7.8% over the past year. These are estimates scaled from borough-level data using local sale prices.
- Is Tameside 023 safe?
- By the numbers, yes. Recorded crime runs at around 2 per 1,000 residents per year — a tiny fraction of the UK national average of roughly 80 per 1,000. The settled, owner-occupied character of the area likely contributes to that low figure.
- What's the commute from Tameside 023 to Manchester city centre?
- By public transport it takes around 52 minutes. The nearest rail station is roughly 1.6 km away — about a 20-minute walk. Most residents drive rather than use public transport, and around 31% work from home.
- Who lives in Tameside 023?
- Mostly older, settled owner-occupiers. Nearly half the population is over 50, and nearly three-quarters own their home. Single-person households make up about one in three. It's a predominantly UK-born community with a low ethnic diversity index.
- What schools are near Tameside 023?
- There are 37 schools within typical catchment distance, but only around 31% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is about 4.9 km away. Check Tameside Council's school finder for up-to-date catchment information.
- How affordable is buying a home in Tameside 023?
- The median sale price is just over £205,000, and at local salary levels a deposit is typically achievable in around 3.4 years — faster than most parts of the country. The median resident salary is around £29,900 a year.