Electoral wardE05014035
Castleton ward, Rochdale
Castleton is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,458 residents in 4,384 households — 1,308 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
Residents, 202110,458council ward average 11,189
Households4,3842.39 residents per household
Density1,308/ km²about 7.99 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+19.7%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 683
5–96.2% · 650
10–157.6% · 791
16–194.2% · 441
20–245.2% · 540
25–3413.4% · 1,405
35–4918.6% · 1,947
50–6418.6% · 1,947
65–7410.7% · 1,122
75–846.3% · 655
85+2.7% · 279
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.4% · 1,157
1 car or van43.6% · 1,911
2 cars or vans24.1% · 1,055
3 or more6.0% · 262
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright32.0% · 1,405
With mortgage30.2% · 1,325
Shared ownership0.4% · 19
Social rented16.6% · 726
Private rented20.7% · 907
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house16.2% · 710
Semi-detached house37.3% · 1,637
Terraced house36.0% · 1,577
Purpose-built flat8.1% · 354
Converted house1.1% · 48
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.8% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014035- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBamford24.4% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned10,427CCentral Rochdale9.1% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned12,837EEast Middleton17.6% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned11,125HHopwood Hall17.9% aged 65+ · 62.1% owned10,851MMilkstone & Deeplish9.1% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned12,211NNorden21.2% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned9,735NNorth Heywood15.9% aged 65+ · 48.5% owned11,363NNorth Middleton16.5% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned11,984SSouth Middleton20.3% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned11,305SSpotland & Falinge15.0% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned12,148WWest Heywood15.9% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned12,129WWest Middleton13.2% aged 65+ · 47.1% owned10,509
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.