# Ashton-under-Lyne

Town in Tameside, North West.

Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in Tameside, North West. Median sale price £200,000 in 2025. About 50,616 people.

Town. Code E63001268. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

Ashton-under-Lyne is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ashton-under-Lyne add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ashton-under-Lyne was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 230th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 48,595** (2021). Ashton-under-Lyne had 48,595 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 226th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 95%** (2022). About 95% of people in Ashton-under-Lyne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.5%** (January 2026). In Ashton-under-Lyne, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63001268) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 95% of people in Ashton-under-Lyne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63001268) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 452 homes were sold in Ashton-under-Lyne in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63001268) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ashton-under-Lyne had 48,595 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=E63001268) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Tameside, where most of this town lies. The outline is Ashton-under-Lyne.

## How Ashton-under-Lyne compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Ashton-under-Lyne | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £200,000 | joint 55th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 48,595 | 35th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 95% | joint 33rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.5% | joint 56th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Ashton-under-Lyne?

Ashton-under-Lyne had 48,595 usual residents at the census.
Ashton-under-Lyne is the 226th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Ashton-under-Lyne, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Ashton-under-Lyne has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Ashton-under-Lyne

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tameside 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005938) | 1,567 | – | 2 | 78.8% |
| [Tameside 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005939) | 1,271 | – | 5 | 96.9% |
| [Tameside 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005940) | 1,400 | – | 5 | 98.1% |
| [Tameside 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005955) | 1,633 | – | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Tameside 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005936) | 1,516 | – | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Tameside 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005937) | 1,707 | – | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Tameside 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005945) | 2,043 | – | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Tameside 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005946) | 1,587 | – | 2 | 99.1% |
| [Tameside 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005947) | 1,839 | – | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Tameside 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005954) | 1,496 | – | 2 | 97.8% |
| [Tameside 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005956) | 1,376 | – | 5 | 97.9% |
| [Tameside 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005957) | 1,561 | – | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Tameside 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005958) | 1,607 | – | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Tameside 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005959) | 1,952 | – | 2 | 98.3% |
| [Tameside 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005933) | 1,574 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Tameside 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005934) | 1,507 | – | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Tameside 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005935) | 1,465 | – | 1 | 99.2% |
| [Tameside 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005949) | 1,652 | – | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Tameside 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005960) | 1,746 | – | 2 | 98.2% |
| [Tameside 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005941) | 1,884 | – | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Tameside 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005942) | 1,661 | – | 5 | 97.4% |
| [Tameside 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005943) | 1,817 | – | 3 | 95.9% |
| [Tameside 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005944) | 1,853 | – | 6 | 97.2% |
| [Tameside 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005948) | 2,314 | – | 1 | 85.1% |
| [Tameside 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005950) | 2,175 | – | 1 | 90.0% |
| [Tameside 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005951) | 1,857 | – | 2 | 96.3% |
| [Tameside 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01005953) | 2,297 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Tameside 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01033949) | 1,190 | – | 1 | 95.1% |
| [Tameside 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01033950) | 1,371 | – | 1 | 93.7% |

## Your MP

- [Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ashton-under-lyne): Angela Rayner (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

## Postcode districts covering Ashton-under-Lyne

[OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6), [OL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol7)

## Middle areas in Ashton-under-Lyne

[Ashton Central](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/ashton-central), [Ashton East](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/ashton-east), [Ashton North](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/ashton-north), [Ashton Waterloo](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/ashton-waterloo), [Hurst Cross](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/hurst-cross), [Smallshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/smallshaw)

## Towns near Ashton-under-Lyne

[Stalybridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stalybridge), [Dukinfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dukinfield), [Audenshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/audenshaw), [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oldham), [Droylsden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/droylsden), [Denton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/denton)

## Ashton-under-Lyne in brief

Ashton-under-Lyne is a town in Tameside, North West.
About 50,616 people lived in Ashton-under-Lyne in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 452 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Ashton-under-Lyne was £200,000 in 2025.
Ashton-under-Lyne had 48,595 usual residents at the census.
About 95% of people in Ashton-under-Lyne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ashton-under-Lyne, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001268
- Constituency: [Ashton-under-Lyne †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ashton-under-lyne)
- Council: [Tameside †](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 9.55 km²
- People, mid-2024: 50,616*
- Neighbourhoods: 29
- Output areas: 151

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Audenshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/audenshaw), [Dukinfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dukinfield), [Stalybridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stalybridge), [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oldham), [Droylsden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/droylsden), [Denton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/denton)

## Latest updates for Ashton-under-Lyne

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001268

## How to cite

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