Electoral wardE05014034
Bamford ward, Rochdale
Bamford is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,427 residents in 4,218 households — 1,687 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North and Rochdale constituencies.
Residents, 202110,427council ward average 11,189
Households4,2182.47 residents per household
Density1,687/ km²about 6.18 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+24.4%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 537
5–95.6% · 586
10–157.3% · 756
16–194.4% · 460
20–244.7% · 487
25–3411.0% · 1,149
35–4917.2% · 1,789
50–6420.3% · 2,120
65–7412.1% · 1,264
75–848.9% · 926
85+3.4% · 353
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 733
1 car or van39.8% · 1,680
2 cars or vans31.7% · 1,337
3 or more11.1% · 468
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright46.0% · 1,941
With mortgage30.7% · 1,296
Shared ownership0.4% · 15
Social rented7.4% · 314
Private rented15.2% · 641
Lives rent free0.3% · 11
Type of home
Detached house43.4% · 1,833
Semi-detached house27.4% · 1,155
Terraced house21.3% · 899
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 282
Converted house0.5% · 21
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014034- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North, Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBalderstone & Kirkholt12.6% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned11,475CCastleton19.7% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned10,458CCentral Rochdale9.1% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned12,837EEast Middleton17.6% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned11,125HHealey19.8% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned10,759HHopwood Hall17.9% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned10,851KKingsway10.7% 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% owned10,581NNorden21.2% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned9,735NNorth Heywood15.9% aged 65+ · 48.5% owned11,363NNorth Middleton16.5% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned11,984SSmallbridge & Firgrove11.9% aged 65+ · 45.0% owned12,309
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.