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Dukinfield

Dukinfield is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 21,155. It has around 1 pharmacy, around 1 supermarket, around 13 restaurants and cafés, 89 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Hyde North, 1 km away. The average sold house price is around £224,998. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dukinfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tameside area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 231,071 residents at roughly 2,240 people per km².

Council
Tameside
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Denton and Reddish
Police force
Greater Manchester
27/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 283rd of 294 English council areas — better than 4% of them.

Low crime19
Home affordability71
Affordable rents49
Good schools16
Life expectancy4
Low deprivation14
Employment16
Low council tax47

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

10°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 13° / 8° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:30

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

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

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Hyde North (1.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£213,026 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Tameside · to 2026-08

Detached£370,564
Semi-detached£243,619
Terraced£186,896
Flat£125,225

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • 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

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches38
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,447 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,631
B £1,903
C £2,175
D £2,447
E £2,991
F £3,535
G £4,079
H £4,894

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Laurus RyecroftOutstanding
  • Audenshaw SchoolGood
  • Dixons Pennine AcademyGood
  • Fairfield High School for GirlsGood
  • Mossley Hollins High SchoolGood
  • Alder Community High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Hyde High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Rayner Stephens High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Denton Community AcademyInadequate
  • All Saints Catholic College
  • Dixons Ashton Academy
  • Droylsden Academy
  • Longdendale High School
  • St Damian's RC Science College
  • St Thomas More RC College
  • West Hill School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tameside

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

146 applications decided

87% granted · 127 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Angela Rayner

Labour

Ashton-under-Lyne

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 25
  • Con 5
  • Ref 19
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

90 jobs advertised · £38,031 avg

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

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

71% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 32% · Gas 20% · Imports 9%

80 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SK16

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Dukinfield?
Dukinfield is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Tameside local authority.
What is the population of Dukinfield?
Dukinfield has an approximate settlement population of 21,155.
How deprived is Dukinfield?
The Tameside local authority, which includes Dukinfield, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.