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Milnrow

Town

Town in Rochdale, North West.

Milnrow is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Milnrow 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Milnrow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£205,000
Joint 254th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,237
182nd least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Milnrow compares

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

MilnrowMiddle
Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North West161 areas from £95,000 to £700,000. The middle area is £222,000. Milnrow is £205,000.
£205,000joint 61st cheapest
Population161 towns, North West · 2021
Population: every town in North West161 areas from 7,551 to 506,564. The middle area is 22,886. Milnrow is 9,237.
9,23716th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares161 towns, North West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North West161 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 29.0%. Milnrow is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North West161 areas from 35.0% to 99.6%. The middle area is 95.7%. Milnrow is 90.7%.
90.7%joint 17th lowest

What is the population of Milnrow?

Milnrow had 9,237 usual residents at the census.

Milnrow is the 182nd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Milnrow, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

Neighbourhoods in Milnrow

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Rochdale 013A1,528No figure499.3%
Rochdale 013B1,469No figure160.2%
Rochdale 013C1,462No figure596.3%
Rochdale 013D1,879No figure591.6%
Rochdale 014A1,383No figure787.5%
Rochdale 014B1,139No figure8100.0%
Rochdale 014C1,594No figure397.0%

Your MP

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

Council1

Postcode districts covering Milnrow1

Middle areas in Milnrow2

Towns near Milnrow6

Milnrow in brief

Milnrow is a town in Rochdale, North West.

About 9,461 people lived in Milnrow in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,000 in 2025 across 136 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Milnrow was £205,000 in 2025.

Milnrow had 9,237 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Milnrow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Milnrow, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.