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Smallshaw

Middle area

North west Tameside. 8,181 people in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Smallshaw’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£176,000
975th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,944
3,651st highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Smallshaw compares

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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. Smallshaw is £176,000.
£176,0002nd lowest
Population30 middle areas, Tameside · 2021
Population: every middle area in Tameside30 areas from 5,015 to 11,983. The middle area is 7,438. Smallshaw is 7,944.
7,94412th highest
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%. Smallshaw is 99.3%.
99.3%joint highest
Claimant rate30 middle areas, Tameside · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Tameside30 areas from 1.8% to 10.3%. The middle area is 4.5%. Smallshaw is 7.4%.
7.4%2nd highest

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 Smallshaw 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 of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.8
43rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Smallshaw in brief

The median price paid for a home in Smallshaw was £176,000 in 2025.

Smallshaw had 7,944 usual residents at the census.

In Smallshaw, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Smallshaw, 7.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.