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This map outlines Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough within its council area. Use Full screen for the layers: neighbourhood deprivation (IoD2025, England only) and nearby schools. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

People

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10,732
Resident population · 2024
2%
Population change · 2022 to 2024
0.5 percentage points lower than England
Rochdale 3.5%England 2.6%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Resident population
Estimated usual resident population (mid-year estimate).
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2024Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Population change 2022 to 2024 (%)
Percentage change between mid-2022 (revised) and mid-2024.
Office for National Statistics
Lower layer Super Output Area mid-year population estimates by single year of age (mid-2022 revised, mid-2023, mid-2024)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
2022-2024Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)estimated, medium quality
Method: Mid-year population estimates

ONS mid-year estimates are modelled from the 2021 Census, births, deaths and migration. Mid-2022 is the revised series. Ages are grouped: 0-15 means ages 0 to 15 inclusive, working age 16-64, 65 and over. Change 2022-2024 compares the revised mid-2022 with mid-2024 estimates for the same boundaries. Scotland and Northern Ireland: mid-year estimates for council areas published by ONS from National Records of Scotland and NISRA (via Nomis), for 2022 to 2024, to match the England and Wales years. No small-area (ward or neighbourhood) estimates are held for them.

Homes

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£230,000
Median sale price · Year to Oct 2025
23% lower than England
Rochdale £208,000England £300,000
2.2%
Change in median sale price · Year to Oct 2025 vs a year earlier
0.5 percentage points higher than England
Rochdale 4%England 1.7%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Median sale price
Median price of homes sold in the 12-month period (needs 10+ sales).
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, high quality
Change in median sale price over a year
Percentage change in the median between consecutive 12-month windows. Not mix-adjusted.
HM Land Registry
Price Paid Data (standard price paid, category A)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright)
Year to Oct 2025 vs Year to Oct 2024Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, high quality
Method: Price paid medians

Sales are mapped from postcode to each geography exactly. The headline is the median sale price over the latest 12 COMPLETE months (a month is complete when national standard sales are at least 85% of the average of the 24 months before it; currently November 2024 to October 2025) and the 12 months before that. Months after that (Nov 2025 onward in the April 2026 extract) are still being registered and are excluded. Yearly medians use complete calendar years 2016-2024. Medians need at least 10 sales; sales counts are published for any area. Medians describe homes that sold, not all homes, and are not adjusted for the mix of property types, so a change in the median can reflect what was sold. Registration lags completion, so recent months can be revised up. Only standard price paid sales (category A) are included.

Education

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3
Schools in the area · Oct 2026
100%
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding · 31 Aug 2026
8.8 percentage points higher than England
Rochdale 87.7%England 91.2%
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Schools in the area
Open schools (excluding children's centres) with a postcode in the area.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
Oct 2026Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, low quality
Indicative figure. Estimated or partial data for this area: treat it as a guide rather than an exact figure.
Graded schools rated Good or Outstanding
Share of schools with a 1-4 Ofsted grade that are Outstanding or Good.
Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) via WhatSchool data
Establishment records, pupil numbers, FSM, SEN, absence; Ofsted outcomes
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DfE Get Information about Schools and Ofsted data, via WhatSchool)
as at 31 Aug 2026Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, low quality
Based on 2 schools. This percentage rests on a small number of schools, so a single school moves it noticeably.
Method: Schools in an area

Each open school is located by the postcode of its GIAS record, so it belongs to exactly one postcode district, ward, built-up area, constituency, council and so on. A school is counted where it is, not where its pupils live; pupils often cross boundaries. Children's centres are excluded. Phase and type are the GIAS labels grouped for display.

Method: Pupil-weighted school measures

FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.

Economy

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304
Companies registered in the area · 2 Oct 2026
28.3 per 1,000
Registered companies per 1,000 residents · 2 Oct 2026
66% lower than England
Rochdale 62 per 1,000England 83.6 per 1,000
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Companies registered in the area (registered offices)
Active companies whose registered office postcode is in the area. Registered office, not operating location.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Registered companies per 1,000 residents
Active companies with a registered office in the area per 1,000 residents (mid-2024). Registered offices only.
Companies House
Free Company Data Product (basic company data), snapshot
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Free Company Data Product)
2 Oct 2026Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered office address. Counts companies by their registered office address, not where they trade. Accountants and formation agents can register thousands of companies at one address, which inflates some areas.
Method: Registered companies by area

Companies are placed by the postcode of their REGISTERED OFFICE, which is not a trading or operating location: accountants, formation agents and virtual offices register thousands of companies at one address, and many small companies use a director's home. Counts are of companies with status Active (including those with a proposal to strike off), by the section of their first listed SIC 2007 code. Incorporation counts cover companies incorporated in the window that are still on the register at 2 Oct 2026, so dissolved companies are missing and older windows are understated relative to newer ones. Companies per 1,000 residents divides by the mid-2024 resident population (England and Wales only) and is not a measure of business density where registration hubs exist. SIC section Z groups dormant, non-trading and unclassified companies.

Community

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11
Charities registered here · Oct 2026
Fewer than England here 1 per 1,000
Rochdale 1.4 per 1,000England 2.7 per 1,000
82
Care home beds · Apr 2026
How do we know this?
FigureSourcePeriodGeographyMethod and limits
Charities based in the area
Registered charities whose registered address is in the area.
Charity Commission for England and Wales; OSCR (Scotland); Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Registers of charities (registered address, latest income, charitable purposes)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI terms apply: not the register itself, no direct marketing)
Oct 2026Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, low quality
By registered address. Counts charities by their registered contact address (often a trustee or a head office), not where they work. England and Wales register only. Compared through charities based per 1,000 residents (Oct 2026): Rochdale 1.4 per 1,000, England 2.7 per 1,000, here 1 per 1,000.
Care home beds
Registered care home beds in the area (England).
Care Quality Commission
Registered locations with ratings (care homes, GP, hospitals, dentists and other services)
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0
Apr 2026Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (Ward)aggregated, medium quality
Method: Charities in an area

A charity is placed by the postcode of its registered/contact address (or the nearest postcode to its geocoded address; some are placed by the nearest postcode to a geocoded address), so counts show where charities are based, not where they work: a national charity with a London address is counted in London. Income is the latest annual income on the register, summed; it is dominated by a few very large charities. "Declaring the area" counts charities that name the local authority (or its county) as an area of operation on the register; it does not mean services are delivered everywhere in that area. Registered charities only; unregistered community groups, small charities below the registration threshold and removed charities are not counted.

Method: Care locations and ratings

Active, non-dormant CQC-registered locations placed by postcode. Ratings are the latest overall rating published for the location; "Not yet rated" includes locations never inspected, with insufficient evidence, or with no overall rating. Care home beds are the registered capacity, summed, and divided by residents aged 65 and over. Ratings describe services, not residents.

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  • A small part 57.7%
  • Some 17.3%
  • Much 23.8%
  • Not yet assessed 1.2%

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Homesmedium confidence

Higher than England: Households that own their home

Households that own their home is 78.1% in Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (2021), compared with 61.3% in England (16.8 percentage points higher; n = 4,298).

78.1% here61.3% England
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics (Census 2021): Census 2021 housing and household summary by Output Area (tenure, accommodation type, cars, overcrowding, household size, general health) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2021
Geography
Ward, compared with England
Method
Census 2021 housing summary. Percentages by output area are converted back to counts using the OA household total (or usual residents for health) and rolled up as in the area apportioning method, so area figures are household-weighted. England only: Welsh OAs are not in the loaded table, so Welsh and Scottish places have no value. Labelled 2021.
Limitations
  • This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.
  • Census 2021 is a snapshot taken in March 2021 and may have changed since.
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Neighbourhoodsmedium confidence

Lower than North West: Share of residents living in the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall)

Share of residents living in the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England (overall) is 0.0% in Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (2025), compared with 21.2% in North West (21.2 percentage points lower; n = 10,732).

0% here21.2% North West
How do we know this?
Source
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (LSOA 2021 ranks and deciles) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025
Geography
Ward, compared with North West
Method
Summarising deprivation for an area. The Indices of Deprivation rank every LSOA in England; decile 1 contains the most deprived 10 per cent of LSOAs nationally. Ranks and deciles are ordinal, so they are never averaged. An area is described by (1) how many of its LSOAs fall in each national decile, (2) how many of its residents live in LSOAs of each decile (mid-2024 population apportioned to output areas, see the area apportioning method), (3) the share of residents in the most deprived 10 and 20 per cent of LSOAs nationally, and (4) the median decile of residents. IoD is a relative measure of small areas, not of individuals: most people in a deprived LSOA are not deprived and many deprived people live elsewhere. England only. Where an area straddles the England-Wales border the figures cover the English part only and are not published unless 90 per cent of residents are covered.
Limitations
  • This figure is an estimate; see the methodology.
See Living here
Economymedium confidence

Higher than England: Change in jobs located in the area over five years (Rochdale figure)

Change in jobs located in the area over five years is 14.1% in Rochdale council area (2019..2024), compared with 4.7% in England (9.4 percentage points higher).

Rochdale figure

14.1% Rochdale figure4.7% England
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), open access, via Nomis (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2019..2024
Geography
Council area, compared with England
Method
Employment by industry (BRES). BRES is the official source of employee and employment estimates by detailed industry and area. Employment is employees plus working owners, counted at the place of work and in the survey week in September. It covers all sectors except small farm agriculture, and the self-employed who are not registered for PAYE or VAT. ONS rounds BRES employment and suppresses small cells, so industry sums may not add to the total. Jobs here are not residents: people may live elsewhere. Part-time and full-time jobs count equally (they are not full-time equivalents).
Limitations
  • Rounded inputs; the 2020 to 2021 pandemic years lie inside this window.
  • This figure is for the Rochdale council area, not for Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough itself.
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Economymedium confidence

Increase between 2022 and 2025: Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area (Rochdale figure)

Median weekly pay of full-time employees who live in the area in Rochdale council area went from £549 (2022) to £690 (2025): up 26% (not adjusted for inflation), compared with up 18.7% in England.

Rochdale figure

£690 Rochdale figure£549 same place, 2022
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), via Nomis: tables 7 (place of work) and 8 (place of residence) (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2025
Geography
Council area, compared with same place, 2022
Method
Earnings from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. ASHE is a 1% sample of employee jobs from HMRC PAYE records, with a reference week in April. We hold the median gross pay of full-time employees, by place of residence (where the employee lives) and by place of work (where the job is), for the latest survey year and the years back to 2015. Median weekly pay is gross pay before tax for the pay period that includes the reference date; annual pay is gross annual pay for the year to April. Pay is in cash terms: it is not adjusted for inflation, so changes over time include price rises. Survey estimates have a margin of error that grows as areas get smaller; each value carries its coefficient of variation and values with a CV above 10% are marked low quality. Estimates ONS judges too unreliable (CV above about 40%) are not published and appear here as absent. Self-employed people are not covered. Residence-based figures describe people who live in the area wherever they work; workplace-based figures describe jobs located in the area wherever the employee lives. The two can differ a lot in commuter areas and city centres.
Limitations
  • Coefficient of variation 3.5%. Coefficient of variation 4.6%.
  • This figure is for the Rochdale council area, not for Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough itself.
  • Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or for changes in the mix of homes sold.
See Economy
Homesmedium confidence

Increase between Aug 2024 and Aug 2026: Average monthly private rent (Rochdale figure)

Average monthly private rent in Rochdale council area went from £719 (Aug 2024) to £855 (Aug 2026): up 19% (not adjusted for inflation), compared with up 9.9% in England.

Rochdale figure

£855 Rochdale figure£719 same place, Aug 2024
How do we know this?
Source
Office for National Statistics: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
Aug 2026
Geography
Council area, compared with same place, Aug 2024
Method
Private rents (PIPR). The ONS Price Index of Private Rents measures the change in rents paid by private tenants, and publishes an average (mean) monthly rent per local authority from the same data. The figure is a mean, not a median, so a few very high rents pull it up, especially in London and where there are few lettings. It covers rents paid for homes let on the private market (not social rents) and reflects all tenancies in the stock, not only new lets, except in Scotland where the underlying data are mainly advertised new lets, which makes Scotland not directly comparable with England and Wales. Annual change is the change in the rental price index, not in the cash average. Rents are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation. Averages by number of bedrooms are held for the latest month only.
Limitations
  • Mean, not median.
  • This figure is for the Rochdale council area, not for Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough itself.
  • Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or for changes in the mix of homes sold.
See Living here
Educationmedium confidence

Lower than England: GCSE results (Attainment 8 score) (Rochdale figure)

GCSE results (Attainment 8 score) is 40.5 in Rochdale council area (2024/25), compared with 45.3 in England (4.8 points lower; n = 2,604).

Rochdale figure

40.5 Rochdale figure45.3 England
How do we know this?
Source
Department for Education (compare school performance): Key stage 2 and key stage 4 school-level performance tables extract (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Period
2024/25
Geography
Council area, compared with England
Method
Pupil-weighted school measures. FSM, SEN and absence percentages are school-level figures averaged with school roll (January 2026 census) as the weight; KS2 and KS4 measures are averaged with the number of eligible pupils (KS2) or the KS4 cohort as the weight. This equals the share of pupils in the area's schools, not of pupils living in the area. The England value uses the same method on the same files and is the comparator. Suppressed school values are skipped, so coverage differs by measure (the number of schools used is in the notes). Ofsted outcomes are the latest overall grade on record at 31 August 2026; schools inspected under the new report-card framework may carry no single grade.
Limitations
  • Cohort-weighted mean of school Attainment 8 scores. From 17 schools. Schools are counted where they are located, not where pupils live.
  • This figure is for the Rochdale council area, not for Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough itself.
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Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.