Electoral wardE05014047
Smallbridge & Firgrove ward, Rochdale
Smallbridge & Firgrove is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,309 residents in 4,711 households — 3,829 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rochdale constituency.
Residents, 202112,309council ward average 11,189
Households4,7112.61 residents per household
Density3,829/ km²about 3.21 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+11.9%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 26.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.6% · 932
5–98.3% · 1,022
10–1511.0% · 1,349
16–195.8% · 708
20–246.1% · 749
25–3413.2% · 1,624
35–4920.4% · 2,513
50–6415.8% · 1,951
65–747.2% · 886
75–843.5% · 436
85+1.1% · 141
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.6% · 1,627
1 car or van42.5% · 2,001
2 cars or vans18.0% · 848
3 or more4.9% · 232
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright18.7% · 879
With mortgage26.4% · 1,242
Shared ownership0.8% · 38
Social rented38.1% · 1,797
Private rented15.8% · 744
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house10.3% · 484
Semi-detached house34.9% · 1,644
Terraced house35.0% · 1,650
Purpose-built flat18.1% · 853
Converted house0.9% · 43
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.5% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014047- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBalderstone & Kirkholt12.6% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned11,475BBamford24.4% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned10,427CCentral Rochdale9.1% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned12,837HHealey19.8% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned10,759KKingsway10.7% 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% owned10,581SSpotland & Falinge15.0% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned12,148WWardle, Shore & West Littleborough19.6% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned10,338
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.