Electoral wardE05014052
West Middleton ward, Rochdale
West Middleton is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,509 residents in 4,264 households — 2,766 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
Residents, 202110,509council ward average 11,189
Households4,2642.46 residents per household
Density2,766/ km²about 3.80 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+13.2%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 25.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 807
5–98.9% · 932
10–158.9% · 937
16–194.2% · 446
20–244.6% · 483
25–3416.1% · 1,693
35–4919.9% · 2,090
50–6416.5% · 1,729
65–748.1% · 846
75–843.9% · 406
85+1.3% · 140
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.8% · 1,443
1 car or van41.2% · 1,755
2 cars or vans21.1% · 899
3 or more3.9% · 166
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright17.7% · 755
With mortgage29.4% · 1,254
Shared ownership0.6% · 24
Social rented40.7% · 1,737
Private rented11.5% · 490
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house12.5% · 534
Semi-detached house37.1% · 1,582
Terraced house34.8% · 1,486
Purpose-built flat13.7% · 585
Converted house1.4% · 59
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014052- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 Heywood15.9% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned12,129
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.