# Heywood

Town in Rochdale, North West.

Heywood is a town in Rochdale, North West. Median sale price £185,000 in 2025. About 31,049 people.

Town. Code E63001118. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

Heywood is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Heywood 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: £185,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Heywood was £185,000 in 2025. Joint 161st 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/heywood#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 29,724** (2021). Heywood had 29,724 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 372nd 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/heywood#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Heywood 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/heywood#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.3%** (January 2026). In Heywood, 94.3% 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/heywood#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001118) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Heywood 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=E63001118) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 373 homes were sold in Heywood in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001118) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Heywood had 29,724 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001118) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Rochdale, where most of this town lies. The outline is Heywood.

## How Heywood compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Heywood | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £185,000 | joint 40th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 29,724 | 58th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.3% | joint 50th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Heywood?

Heywood had 29,724 usual residents at the census.
Heywood is the 372nd most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Heywood, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Heywood has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Heywood

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rochdale 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005499) | 1,512 | – | 4 | 73.8% |
| [Rochdale 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005497) | 1,891 | – | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Rochdale 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005501) | 1,783 | – | 1 | 90.4% |
| [Rochdale 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005502) | 1,378 | – | 2 | 92.2% |
| [Rochdale 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005504) | 1,642 | – | 2 | 93.8% |
| [Rochdale 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005505) | 2,182 | – | 4 | 96.3% |
| [Rochdale 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005509) | 1,445 | – | 1 | 89.3% |
| [Rochdale 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005510) | 1,094 | – | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Rochdale 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005511) | 1,251 | – | 5 | 99.2% |
| [Rochdale 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005512) | 1,440 | – | 3 | 93.2% |
| [Rochdale 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005513) | 1,554 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Rochdale 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005514) | 1,844 | – | 2 | 95.0% |
| [Rochdale 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005515) | 1,798 | – | 1 | 93.2% |
| [Rochdale 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005498) | 1,372 | – | 3 | 99.5% |
| [Rochdale 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005500) | 1,592 | – | 4 | 94.6% |
| [Rochdale 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005503) | 1,318 | – | 9 | 90.8% |
| [Rochdale 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005506) | 1,546 | – | 3 | 95.8% |
| [Rochdale 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005507) | 2,261 | – | 5 | 87.9% |
| [Rochdale 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005508) | 2,015 | – | 8 | 88.0% |

## Your MP

- [Heywood and Middleton North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/heywood-and-middleton-north): Mrs Elsie Blundell (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

[Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

## Postcode districts covering Heywood

[OL10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol10)

## Middle areas in Heywood

[Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/heywood-heap-bridge-and-darnhill), [Heywood Hopwood & Siddal Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/heywood-hopwood-and-siddal-moor), [Heywood Town](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/heywood-town)

## Towns near Heywood

[Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochdale), [Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury), [Middleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/middleton), [Whitefield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitefield), [Radcliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/radcliffe), [Chadderton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chadderton)

## Heywood in brief

Heywood is a town in Rochdale, North West.
About 31,049 people lived in Heywood in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £185,000 in 2025 across 373 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Heywood was £185,000 in 2025.
Heywood had 29,724 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Heywood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Heywood, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001118
- Constituency: [Heywood and Middleton North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/heywood-and-middleton-north)
- Council: [Rochdale †](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 7.96 km²
- People, mid-2024: 31,049*
- Neighbourhoods: 19
- Output areas: 100

* 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

[Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury), [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochdale), [Middleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/middleton), [Whitefield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitefield), [Radcliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/radcliffe), [Chadderton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chadderton)

## Latest updates for Heywood

- 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/E63001118

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/heywood, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/heywood#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/heywood