Electoral wardE05014049
Spotland & Falinge ward, Rochdale
Spotland & Falinge is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,148 residents in 4,810 households — 4,186 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North and Rochdale constituencies.
Residents, 202112,148council ward average 11,189
Households4,8102.53 residents per household
Density4,186/ km²about 2.90 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+15.0%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 23.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 839
5–97.5% · 916
10–158.9% · 1,084
16–195.2% · 631
20–245.8% · 705
25–3413.8% · 1,671
35–4920.0% · 2,433
50–6416.8% · 2,043
65–748.3% · 1,007
75–844.7% · 568
85+2.1% · 252
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.9% · 1,677
1 car or van40.5% · 1,948
2 cars or vans19.0% · 916
3 or more5.6% · 269
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright24.9% · 1,195
With mortgage23.2% · 1,117
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented30.8% · 1,483
Private rented20.1% · 967
Lives rent free0.6% · 31
Type of home
Detached house9.4% · 451
Semi-detached house33.4% · 1,608
Terraced house36.6% · 1,759
Purpose-built flat17.6% · 845
Converted house1.4% · 69
Other conversion0.7% · 36
Above shop / office0.8% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014049- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North, Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned9,373MMilkstone & Deeplish9.1% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned12,211MMilnrow & 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% owned11,984
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.