Electoral wardE05014051
West Heywood ward, Rochdale
West Heywood is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,129 residents in 5,121 households — 2,392 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
Residents, 202112,129council ward average 11,189
Households5,1212.37 residents per household
Density2,392/ km²about 5.07 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+15.9%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 913
5–97.2% · 874
10–157.9% · 957
16–194.0% · 488
20–244.9% · 600
25–3414.5% · 1,759
35–4918.9% · 2,295
50–6419.1% · 2,316
65–749.8% · 1,188
75–844.6% · 562
85+1.5% · 176
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.7% · 1,471
1 car or van43.8% · 2,241
2 cars or vans22.5% · 1,151
3 or more5.0% · 258
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright26.1% · 1,338
With mortgage29.5% · 1,513
Shared ownership0.4% · 20
Social rented29.4% · 1,506
Private rented14.4% · 739
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house8.9% · 454
Semi-detached house36.3% · 1,858
Terraced house44.2% · 2,266
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 506
Converted house0.4% · 22
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014051- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 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% owned11,984SSouth Middleton20.3% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned11,305SSpotland & Falinge15.0% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned12,148WWest 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.