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Denton West

Middle area

South west Tameside. 5,079 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 25% of people in Denton West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£204,500
Joint 1,582nd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,015
1,928th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
25%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Denton West

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

Crime across Tameside

How Denton West compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Denton WestMiddle
Median sale price30 middle areas, Tameside · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Tameside30 areas from £160,000 to £292,500. The middle area is £209,250. Denton West is £204,500.
£204,50011th cheapest
Population30 middle areas, Tameside · 2021
Population: every middle area in Tameside30 areas from 5,015 to 11,983. The middle area is 7,438. Denton West is 5,015.
5,015least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 middle areas, Tameside · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Tameside30 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 96.5%. Denton West is 25.0%.
25%5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 middle areas, Tameside · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Tameside30 areas from 84.6% to 99.3%. The middle area is 96.4%. Denton West is 97.5%.
97.5%joint 9th highest

What is the population of Denton West?

Denton West had 5,015 usual residents at the census.

Denton West is the 1,928th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Tameside

These figures are published for the whole of Tameside, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Tameside and not Denton West alone. See Tameside

Average house price
£209,723
Down 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,949
32nd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
Joint 106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.8
Joint 43rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Denton West in brief

The median price paid for a home in Denton West was £204,500 in 2025.

Denton West had 5,015 usual residents at the census.

About 25% of people in Denton West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Denton West, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.