Rochdale

Town

Town in Rochdale, North West.

Rochdale is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rochdale 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 90% of people in Rochdale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price

£195,000

Joint 207th cheapest of 1,092

Worked out by Open Index

Population

111,258

94th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

92.1%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Rochdale compares

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

RochdaleMiddle

Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025

£195,000joint 51st cheapest

Population161 towns, North West · 2021

111,2588th most populated

People in radon Affected Area squares161 towns, North West · 2022

90%joint 45th most people in radon Affected Areas

Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026

92.1%joint 27th lowest

What is the population of Rochdale?

Rochdale had 111,258 usual residents at the census.

Rochdale is the 94th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Rochdale, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Rochdale has no single figure. Of its 65 neighbourhoods with a rank:
Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 31 neighbourhoods
Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in Rochdale

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Rochdale 002B	1,514	No figure	4	93.3%
Rochdale 003D	2,156	No figure	5	91.2%
Rochdale 004A	1,543	No figure	1	98.4%
Rochdale 004B	1,861	No figure	1	98.0%
Rochdale 004C	1,615	No figure	1	90.5%
Rochdale 004D	2,056	No figure	2	100.0%
Rochdale 004E	1,328	No figure	1	85.7%
Rochdale 005A	1,249	No figure	5	99.6%
Rochdale 005B	1,571	No figure	3	98.6%
Rochdale 005C	1,436	No figure	3	94.6%
Rochdale 005D	1,762	No figure	7	96.9%
Rochdale 005E	1,758	No figure	3	99.4%
Rochdale 005F	1,769	No figure	4	89.6%
Rochdale 006A	1,507	No figure	7	91.7%
Rochdale 006B	1,535	No figure	7	95.5%
Rochdale 006D	1,648	No figure	7	62.0%
Rochdale 007A	1,307	No figure	7	96.7%
Rochdale 007B	1,500	No figure	8	98.9%
Rochdale 007C	1,433	No figure	9	85.5%
Rochdale 007D	1,728	No figure	8	73.1%
Rochdale 007E	1,368	No figure	9	93.5%
Rochdale 007F	1,316	No figure	2	81.4%
Rochdale 008A	1,647	No figure	1	98.1%
Rochdale 008B	1,973	No figure	1	99.2%
Rochdale 008D	1,746	No figure	1	91.0%
Rochdale 008F	1,567	No figure	1	98.8%
Rochdale 008H	1,763	No figure	1	99.2%
Rochdale 008I	1,667	No figure	1	98.9%
Rochdale 009A	1,321	No figure	1	99.6%
Rochdale 009B	1,700	No figure	3	99.0%
Rochdale 009C	1,904	No figure	2	87.7%
Rochdale 009D	1,586	No figure	4	89.0%
Rochdale 009E	1,638	No figure	1	95.3%
Rochdale 010A	1,647	No figure	1	97.2%
Rochdale 010B	1,699	No figure	2	99.3%
Rochdale 010C	1,661	No figure	1	60.4%
Rochdale 010D	1,485	No figure	1	48.5%
Rochdale 010E	2,032	No figure	1	96.1%
Rochdale 010F	1,701	No figure	1	97.4%
Rochdale 010G	1,789	No figure	1	96.4%
Rochdale 011A	1,318	No figure	4	93.5%
Rochdale 011B	1,714	No figure	7	64.7%
Rochdale 011C	1,522	No figure	9	74.3%
Rochdale 011D	1,459	No figure	8	91.6%
Rochdale 012A	1,822	No figure	3	99.7%
Rochdale 012B	2,170	No figure	1	91.3%
Rochdale 012C	1,571	No figure	1	100.0%
Rochdale 012D	2,344	No figure	2	93.2%
Rochdale 012E	1,940	No figure	1	96.0%
Rochdale 012F	1,792	No figure	1	95.3%
Rochdale 015A	2,036	No figure	1	100.0%
Rochdale 015B	1,696	No figure	1	98.3%
Rochdale 015C	1,778	No figure	1	99.7%
Rochdale 015D	2,373	No figure	1	99.4%
Rochdale 015E	2,410	No figure	1	99.8%
Rochdale 016A	1,969	No figure	1	100.0%
Rochdale 016B	1,810	No figure	3	97.3%
Rochdale 016C	2,484	No figure	1	99.3%
Rochdale 016D	1,972	No figure	1	100.0%
Rochdale 016E	2,166	No figure	9	99.5%
Rochdale 017A	1,796	No figure	4	99.5%
Rochdale 017B	1,771	No figure	1	98.3%
Rochdale 017C	1,588	No figure	4	86.8%
Rochdale 017E	1,647	No figure	3	96.8%
Rochdale 017F	1,680	No figure	3	98.6%

Your MP

Paul WaughLabour (Co-op)MP for Rochdale

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

Council1

Rochdale

Postcode districts covering Rochdale3

Middle areas in Rochdale12

Towns near Rochdale6

Rochdale in brief

Rochdale is a town in Rochdale, North West.

About 116,770 people lived in Rochdale in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 1,074 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Rochdale was £195,000 in 2025.

Rochdale had 111,258 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in Rochdale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Rochdale, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.