Dukinfield

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

201 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 8.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 411 rated 4–5 ★ (332 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Hyde North (1.2 km)
• 85 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,026 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Tameside · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£931 average monthly rent▲ 5.2% YoY

• 1 bed £685
• 2 bed £885
• 3 bed £1,063

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,577 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.2 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 31 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Dukinfield Town Hall (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches38
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

231,071 residents in Tameside · 2,240/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,721
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,947
• Net moves+774

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 41 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,447 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 105,660)

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

111 schools · 35,802 pupils

75 primary · 16 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 34 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tameside

167 CQC-registered services

• Care homes43
• GP practices35
• Dentists34
• Homecare agencies30
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Tameside

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

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

146 applications decided

87% granted · 127 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Angela Rayner

Labour

Ashton-under-Lyne

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 25
• Con 5
• Ref 19
• Oth 8

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

90 jobs advertised · £38,031 avg

e.g. Aerospace Coppersmith, Quality Engineer, Senior Quality Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£695 median full-time weekly pay

4.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,268 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 115,218 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 44% · Wind 34% · Gas 13% · Imports 10%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56 women · 55.2 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SK16

• Dukinfield Medical Practice
• King Street Medical Centre
• Town Hall Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashton-under-Lyne:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth243 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK147 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities101 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices93 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Dukinfield (ward) · 0.2 km

  Dukinfield is an electoral ward of Tameside, England. It is represented in Westminster by Andrew Gwynne Labour MP for Denton and Reddish.

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  Dukinfield · 0.4 km

  Dukinfield is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the south bank of the river Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, 6.3 miles (10.1 km) east of Manchester. At the 2021 census, the built-up area as d…

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  Dukinfield Old Chapel · 0.4 km

  Dukinfield Old Chapel is a Unitarian chapel on Old Road in Dukinfield, a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The present building was constructed between 1838 and 1841 to the designs of Robert Tattersall, w…

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  Dukinfield Town Hall · 0.4 km

  Dukinfield Town Hall is a municipal building in King Street, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Dukinfield Borough Council, is a grade II listed building.

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  Astley Deep Pit disaster · 0.6 km

  The Astley Deep Pit disaster was a mining accident at the Astley Deep Pit, in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, England, that took place on 14 April 1874, killing 54 men and boys. Astley Deep Pit was a coal mine started…

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  Minerva Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne · 0.8 km

  Minerva Mill was a cotton spinning mill in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. It was built between 1891 and 1892 for the Minerva Spinning Company which was later known as the Ashton Syndicate. Minerva Mil…

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