# Littleborough

Town in Rochdale, North West.

Littleborough is a town in Rochdale, North West. Median sale price £229,000 in 2025. About 12,820 people.

Town. Code E63001022. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)

Littleborough is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Littleborough 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: £229,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Littleborough was £229,000 in 2025. Joint 378th 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/littleborough#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 12,164** (2021). Littleborough had 12,164 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 364th least 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/littleborough#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Littleborough 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/littleborough#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.4%** (January 2026). In Littleborough, 91.4% 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/littleborough#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001022) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Littleborough 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=E63001022) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 222 homes were sold in Littleborough in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001022) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Littleborough had 12,164 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001022) (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 Littleborough.

## How Littleborough compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Littleborough | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £229,000 | 71st most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 12,164 | 33rd least 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 | 91.4% | 20th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Littleborough?

Littleborough had 12,164 usual residents at the census.
Littleborough is the 364th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Littleborough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Littleborough has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Littleborough

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rochdale 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005520) | 1,715 | – | 4 | 86.6% |
| [Rochdale 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005522) | 1,484 | – | 2 | 81.9% |
| [Rochdale 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005523) | 1,831 | – | 6 | 93.1% |
| [Rochdale 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005519) | 1,564 | – | 6 | 97.2% |
| [Rochdale 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005598) | 1,548 | – | 7 | 97.6% |
| [Rochdale 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005516) | 1,281 | – | 6 | 98.7% |
| [Rochdale 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005517) | 1,435 | – | 7 | 95.5% |
| [Rochdale 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005521) | 1,452 | – | 5 | 64.7% |

## Your MP

- [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rochdale): Paul Waugh (Labour (Co-op)), 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 Littleborough

[OL15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol15)

## Middle areas in Littleborough

[Littleborough North & Calderbook](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/littleborough-north-and-calderbook), [Littleborough South & Smithy Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/littleborough-south-and-smithy-bridge), [Littleborough West & Wardle](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/littleborough-west-and-wardle)

## Towns near Littleborough

[Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochdale), [Milnrow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milnrow), [Todmorden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/todmorden), [Shaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shaw), [Royton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royton), [Bacup](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bacup)

## Littleborough in brief

Littleborough is a town in Rochdale, North West.
About 12,820 people lived in Littleborough in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £229,000 in 2025 across 222 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Littleborough was £229,000 in 2025.
Littleborough had 12,164 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Littleborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Littleborough, 91.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001022
- Constituency: [Rochdale †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rochdale)
- Council: [Rochdale †](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.05 km²
- People, mid-2024: 12,820*
- Neighbourhoods: 8
- Output areas: 42

* 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

[Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochdale), [Milnrow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milnrow), [Todmorden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/todmorden), [Shaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shaw), [Royton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royton), [Bacup](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bacup)

## Latest updates for Littleborough

- 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/E63001022

## How to cite

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

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