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Norden ward, Rochdale

Norden is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,735 residents in 4,049 households — 344 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North constituency.

Residents, 20219,735council ward average 11,189
Households4,0492.4 residents per household
Density344/ km²about 28.34 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+21.2%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 460
5–94.9% · 481
10–157.1% · 689
16–193.9% · 378
20–244.6% · 449
25–3411.0% · 1,070
35–4917.4% · 1,692
50–6425.2% · 2,450
65–7412.6% · 1,225
75–846.4% · 627
85+2.2% · 211

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 339
1 car or van36.8% · 1,492
2 cars or vans41.3% · 1,672
3 or more13.5% · 546
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.0% · 1,782
With mortgage40.4% · 1,638
Shared ownership0.1% · 6
Social rented2.3% · 94
Private rented13.1% · 529
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house49.4% · 1,999
Semi-detached house27.8% · 1,125
Terraced house18.0% · 727
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 124
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.9% · 35
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 21
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.