Electoral wardE05014033
Balderstone & Kirkholt ward, Rochdale
Balderstone & Kirkholt is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,475 residents in 4,537 households — 2,728 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rochdale constituency.
Residents, 202111,475council ward average 11,189
Households4,5372.53 residents per household
Density2,728/ km²about 4.21 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+12.6%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 25.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.6% · 876
5–98.3% · 947
10–159.3% · 1,073
16–195.1% · 587
20–245.6% · 637
25–3414.3% · 1,637
35–4920.1% · 2,310
50–6417.1% · 1,959
65–747.2% · 822
75–844.3% · 492
85+1.2% · 137
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.9% · 1,448
1 car or van40.4% · 1,832
2 cars or vans22.1% · 1,001
3 or more5.6% · 256
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright21.1% · 956
With mortgage29.6% · 1,341
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented35.2% · 1,598
Private rented13.5% · 614
Lives rent free0.4% · 20
Type of home
Detached house14.3% · 647
Semi-detached house52.4% · 2,376
Terraced house17.8% · 808
Purpose-built flat13.9% · 629
Converted house1.2% · 55
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 14
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014033- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBamford24.4% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned10,427CCentral Rochdale9.1% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned12,837HHealey19.8% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned10,759KKingsway10.7% aged 65+ · 53.4% owned11,858LLittleborough Lakeside22.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned9,373MMilkstone & Deeplish9.1% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned12,211MMilnrow & Newhey22.2% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned10,581SSmallbridge & Firgrove11.9% aged 65+ · 45.0% owned12,309SSpotland & Falinge15.0% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned12,148WWardle, Shore & West Littleborough19.6% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned10,338
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.