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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001155

Middleton Town & Rhodes

Middleton Town & Rhodes is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,210 residents in Rochdale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Rochdale
7,210

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,447

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,243.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Royton South East, Oldham6,028 residents · 63.1% owned · 28.6% no carWhitefield East, Bury5,679 residents · 58.8% owned · 29.0% no carNorth Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen6,848 residents · 59.6% owned · 29.4% no carTonge, Bolton9,178 residents · 54.7% owned · 30.7% no carDukinfield West, Tameside8,042 residents · 52.1% owned · 29.8% no carWigan South, Wigan9,029 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.8% no car

Most similar within Rochdale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Heywood Town, Rochdale10,321 residents · 44.6% owned · 37.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Middleton Town & Rhodes

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned58.1%
2,004 households
Social rented21.8%
753 households
Private rented19.2%
663 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.7%
1,404 households
Semi-detached25.1%
866 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.8%
785 households
Detached9%
309 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
31 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
31 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
1,520 households
No cars or vans in household32.4%
1,117 households
2 cars or vans in household19.9%
686 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%
124 households
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.4%
1,322 households
2 bedrooms33.7%
1,162 households
1 bedroom19.1%
658 households
4 or more bedrooms8.8%
305 households
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.2%
1,870 households
One-person household41.3%
1,425 households
Other household types4.5%
154 households
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41.3%
1,425 households
2 people in household30.3%
1,045 households
3 people in household15%
517 households
4 people in household8.8%
304 households
5 people in household3.2%
111 households
6 people in household0.9%
32 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,250 residents
15–2915.8%
1,137 residents
30–4420.7%
1,489 residents
45–6427.5%
1,984 residents
65 and over18.7%
1,348 residents
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.3%
6,366 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5%
363 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
196 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
180 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
104 residents
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.5%
1,504 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.5%
1,441 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.8%
928 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
812 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
645 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
391 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
166 residents aged 16 and over
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.9%
3,347 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.6%
2,451 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
88 residents aged 16 and over
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.9%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.3%
1,018 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13%
765 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.4%
673 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.9%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
309 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45%
3,245 residents
Good health32.6%
2,352 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,091 residents
Bad health5.5%
394 residents
Very bad health1.8%
128 residents
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.7%
5,670 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.3%
1,539 residents
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.9%
1,444 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,145 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
635 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
214 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Middleton Town & Rhodes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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