Electoral wardE05014042
Milkstone & Deeplish ward, Rochdale
Milkstone & Deeplish is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,211 residents in 3,721 households — 7,088 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North and Rochdale constituencies.
Residents, 202112,211council ward average 11,189
Households3,7213.28 residents per household
Density7,088/ km²about 1.72 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+9.1%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 26.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.1% · 985
5–98.0% · 977
10–1510.7% · 1,302
16–196.7% · 817
20–246.8% · 830
25–3415.3% · 1,867
35–4921.3% · 2,600
50–6414.1% · 1,717
65–745.3% · 653
75–842.5% · 308
85+1.3% · 155
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.9% · 1,410
1 car or van40.1% · 1,493
2 cars or vans15.7% · 585
3 or more6.3% · 234
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright26.9% · 1,002
With mortgage15.6% · 582
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented26.8% · 999
Private rented29.8% · 1,109
Lives rent free0.6% · 23
Type of home
Detached house6.1% · 226
Semi-detached house19.8% · 735
Terraced house52.5% · 1,954
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 701
Converted house1.6% · 58
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.9% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014042- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North, Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 20
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% owned10,458CCentral 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% owned9,373MMilnrow & 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.