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Healey ward, Rochdale

Healey is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,759 residents in 4,215 households — 2,640 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rochdale constituency.

Residents, 202110,759council ward average 11,189
Households4,2152.55 residents per household
Density2,640/ km²about 4.08 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+19.8%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 590
5–95.7% · 618
10–157.6% · 814
16–194.3% · 462
20–245.3% · 568
25–3412.5% · 1,349
35–4919.3% · 2,080
50–6419.9% · 2,144
65–7411.4% · 1,232
75–846.3% · 681
85+2.1% · 222

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.9% · 756
1 car or van43.9% · 1,849
2 cars or vans29.4% · 1,240
3 or more8.8% · 370
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.

Owned outright37.7% · 1,589
With mortgage33.5% · 1,411
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented11.5% · 483
Private rented17.1% · 721
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house34.7% · 1,463
Semi-detached house34.8% · 1,468
Terraced house23.3% · 981
Purpose-built flat6.4% · 268
Converted house0.3% · 14
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
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.