Electoral wardE05014037
East Middleton ward, Rochdale
East Middleton is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,125 residents in 4,949 households — 4,318 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackley and Middleton South and Heywood and Middleton North constituencies.
Residents, 202111,125council ward average 11,189
Households4,9492.25 residents per household
Density4,318/ km²about 2.58 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+17.6%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 684
5–96.2% · 695
10–157.3% · 807
16–194.1% · 456
20–245.7% · 631
25–3414.4% · 1,599
35–4918.9% · 2,106
50–6419.7% · 2,192
65–7410.0% · 1,111
75–845.4% · 601
85+2.2% · 241
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.8% · 1,276
1 car or van47.2% · 2,335
2 cars or vans21.5% · 1,063
3 or more5.6% · 275
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright30.8% · 1,526
With mortgage30.6% · 1,514
Shared ownership0.3% · 16
Social rented19.2% · 950
Private rented18.9% · 937
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house8.6% · 426
Semi-detached house41.3% · 2,046
Terraced house33.8% · 1,674
Purpose-built flat15.1% · 749
Converted house0.6% · 29
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014037- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South, Heywood and Middleton North
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBamford24.4% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned10,427CCastleton19.7% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned10,458CCentral Rochdale9.1% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned12,837HHopwood 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.