Electoral wardE05014050
Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough ward, Rochdale
Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,338 residents in 4,301 households — 717 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rochdale constituency.
Residents, 202110,338council ward average 11,189
Households4,3012.4 residents per household
Density717/ km²about 14.42 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+19.6%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 550
5–96.8% · 701
10–157.7% · 795
16–194.1% · 424
20–244.3% · 445
25–3411.9% · 1,234
35–4919.6% · 2,029
50–6420.6% · 2,129
65–7412.0% · 1,238
75–846.1% · 628
85+1.6% · 165
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 600
1 car or van43.3% · 1,862
2 cars or vans33.4% · 1,438
3 or more9.3% · 401
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.5% · 1,611
With mortgage40.7% · 1,749
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented6.9% · 298
Private rented14.4% · 621
Type of home
Detached house25.4% · 1,092
Semi-detached house38.5% · 1,656
Terraced house30.2% · 1,299
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 172
Converted house0.4% · 17
Other conversion1.2% · 53
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014050- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 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% owned10,581SSmallbridge & Firgrove11.9% aged 65+ · 45.0% owned12,309SSpotland & Falinge15.0% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned12,148
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.