Electoral wardE05014048
South Middleton ward, Rochdale
South Middleton is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,305 residents in 4,717 households — 2,250 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackley and Middleton South and Heywood and Middleton North constituencies.
Residents, 202111,305council ward average 11,189
Households4,7172.4 residents per household
Density2,250/ km²about 5.02 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+20.3%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 656
5–96.3% · 707
10–157.7% · 869
16–193.9% · 440
20–244.6% · 525
25–3411.0% · 1,242
35–4919.9% · 2,248
50–6420.6% · 2,330
65–7410.7% · 1,213
75–846.4% · 724
85+3.1% · 353
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.9% · 1,032
1 car or van41.2% · 1,942
2 cars or vans29.4% · 1,387
3 or more7.5% · 356
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright39.3% · 1,854
With mortgage33.1% · 1,562
Shared ownership0.4% · 18
Social rented14.9% · 702
Private rented12.1% · 572
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house18.2% · 859
Semi-detached house49.2% · 2,320
Terraced house22.0% · 1,040
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 425
Converted house0.5% · 24
Other conversion0.4% · 18
Above shop / office0.7% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014048- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South, Heywood and Middleton North
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 13 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% owned12,837EEast Middleton17.6% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned11,125HHopwood 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% owned11,984SSpotland & 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.