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Rochdale

Rochdale is a town or village in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has around 2 GPs & clinics, 4 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 1 park & green, and 16 restaurants & cafés, with 52 bus stops and Rochdale railway station 0.8 km away. Covers 9 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Rochdale is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 223,773 residents at roughly 1,416 people per km².

23/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 292nd of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.

Low crime13
Home affordability82
Affordable rents71
Good schools8
Life expectancy11
Low deprivation5
Employment8
Low council tax11

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:29

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Milkstone & Deeplish · Greater Manchester

Local policing priorities

  • We are working proactively to reduce and detect burglary offences, using targeted patrols, crime‑prevention advice, and intelligence‑led…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

189 reported road collisions (2024)

65 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 332 rated 4–5 ★ (270 top)
  • 47 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rochdale (0.8 km)
  • 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rochdale (0.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£210,083 average 4.6% YoY

Across Rochdale · to 2026-06

Detached£364,192
Semi-detached£226,622
Terraced£171,888
Flat£115,699

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£844 average monthly rent 7.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £614
  • 2 bed £789
  • 3 bed £948

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (7.1 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

36 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Zen Internet (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

223,773 residents in Rochdale · 1,416/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 17 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 98,090)

A £1,734
B £2,023
C £2,312
D £2,601
E £3,179
F £3,757
G £4,335
H £5,202

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

105 schools · 38,108 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 31 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

90inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hollingworth AcademyGood
  • St Anne's Church of England AcademyGood
  • Edgar Wood AcademyRequires improvement
  • Newhouse AcademyRequires improvement
  • St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
  • Dixons Middleton Academy
  • Falinge Park High School
  • Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
  • Kingsway Park High School
  • Matthew Moss High School
  • Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
  • Wardle Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochdale

Care & health services

221 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes61
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies57
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rochdale

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 73 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

132 applications decided

88.6% granted · 117 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)

Rochdale

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoMotion to sit in private

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 31
  • Con 7
  • LD 3
  • Ref 15
  • Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens370
  • Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,129 jobs advertised · £40,135 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, SEN / SEND Tutor, Manchester, Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£690 median full-time weekly pay

5.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,053 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 105,798 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 48% · Wind 28% · Imports 12% · Gas 9%

40 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 76.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.2 women · 53.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

13 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in OL11

  • Dr Gwd Bhima
  • Edenfield Road Surgery
  • Wellfield Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rochdale:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Merefield Ground · 0.2 km

    Merefield Ground was a cricket ground in Rochdale, Lancashire, England.

  • Rochdale · 0.3 km

    Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wider bor…

  • Rochdale (constituency) · 0.3 km

    Rochdale is a constituency, which has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Paul Waugh of Labour Co-op since 2024. Rochdale has elected one Member of Parliament (MP) in ev…

  • County Borough of Rochdale · 0.3 km

    Rochdale was, from 1856 to 1974, a local government district coterminate with the town of Rochdale in the northwest of England.

  • Rochdale Castle · 0.4 km

    Rochdale Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it was built in the period shortly after the Norman Conquest of England.

  • Castleton Cricket Club Ground · 0.4 km

    Castleton Cricket Club Ground was a cricket ground in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1872, when Castleton played a team called An Eleven.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)