Electoral wardE05014036
Central Rochdale ward, Rochdale
Central Rochdale is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,837 residents in 4,258 households — 4,686 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North and Rochdale constituencies.
Residents, 202112,837council ward average 11,189
Households4,2583.01 residents per household
Density4,686/ km²about 2.74 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+9.1%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 26.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.7% · 1,112
5–98.2% · 1,057
10–1510.0% · 1,278
16–196.2% · 802
20–247.5% · 966
25–3415.5% · 1,991
35–4921.3% · 2,737
50–6413.5% · 1,727
65–745.6% · 715
75–842.6% · 338
85+0.9% · 116
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.0% · 1,574
1 car or van42.6% · 1,815
2 cars or vans15.5% · 662
3 or more4.9% · 207
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright22.9% · 975
With mortgage21.9% · 933
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented21.0% · 894
Private rented33.8% · 1,438
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house5.5% · 235
Semi-detached house22.6% · 963
Terraced house53.6% · 2,284
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 568
Converted house2.0% · 84
Other conversion0.9% · 39
Above shop / office1.9% · 81
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014036- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North, Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 20
Council offices in this ward
CRochdale Borough CouncilCouncil office · OL16 1XUCRochdale Development Agency (RDA)Council office · OL16 1XU
Other wards in the same constituency
BBalderstone & Kirkholt12.6% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned11,475BBamford24.4% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned10,427CCastleton19.7% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned10,458EEast 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.