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Ashton St Michael's

Ward

North west Tameside. About 13,494 people in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Ashton St Michael's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,998
Joint 1,289th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ashton St Michael's compares

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

Ashton St Michael'sMiddle
Population19 wards, Tameside · 2021
Population: every ward in Tameside19 areas from 11,097 to 13,516. The middle area is 12,054. Ashton St Michael's is 12,998.
12,9983rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Tameside · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tameside19 areas from 8.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 90.0%. Ashton St Michael's is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Tameside · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tameside19 areas from 85.7% to 99.0%. The middle area is 95.8%. Ashton St Michael's is 98.1%.
98.1%joint 2nd highest
Claimant rate19 wards, Tameside · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tameside19 areas from 2.7% to 9.3%. The middle area is 4.6%. Ashton St Michael's is 6.3%.
6.3%2nd highest

What is the population of Ashton St Michael's?

Ashton St Michael's had 12,998 usual residents at the census.

Ashton St Michael's is the joint 1,289th most populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Tameside

These figures are published for the whole of Tameside, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tameside and not Ashton St Michael's 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
Ashton St Michael's in brief

Ashton St Michael's had 12,998 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Ashton St Michael's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ashton St Michael's, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ashton St Michael's, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.