Social housing in Rochdale
20.9% of households in Rochdale are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Rochdale?
Rochdale ranks 75th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 90,166 households, 18,800 are social homes (20.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Rochdale compare with the UK average?
At +3.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Rochdale sits above the national level.
Rochdale at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Rochdale.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Rochdale has 105 schools — 92 state-funded and 13 independent. That includes 69 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of the 41 with a published Ofsted grade, 76% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 103 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Rochdale, offering about 4,860 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Rochdale sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 44% of its 135 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,278 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Rochdale
See Rochdale through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).