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Balderstone & Kirkholt

Middle area

South Rochdale. 11,677 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 27% of people in Balderstone & Kirkholt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£190,000
Joint 1,246th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
10,402
880th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
27%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Balderstone & Kirkholt

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

How Balderstone & Kirkholt compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price25 middle areas, Rochdale · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Rochdale25 areas from £133,250 to £314,000. The middle area is £199,975. Balderstone & Kirkholt is £190,000.
£190,00012th cheapest
Population25 middle areas, Rochdale · 2021
Population: every middle area in Rochdale25 areas from 6,016 to 12,281. The middle area is 9,545. Balderstone & Kirkholt is 10,402.
10,4025th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 middle areas, Rochdale · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Rochdale25 areas from 27.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Balderstone & Kirkholt is 27.0%.
27%fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 middle areas, Rochdale · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Rochdale25 areas from 79.2% to 99.5%. The middle area is 94.1%. Balderstone & Kirkholt is 99.2%.
99.2%2nd highest

What is the population of Balderstone & Kirkholt?

Balderstone & Kirkholt had 10,402 usual residents at the census.

Balderstone & Kirkholt is the 880th most populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Rochdale

These figures are published for the whole of Rochdale, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Rochdale and not Balderstone & Kirkholt alone. See Rochdale

Average house price
£211,022
Up 3.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,660
46th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.1×
Joint 101st most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
34.3
17th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Balderstone & Kirkholt in brief

The median price paid for a home in Balderstone & Kirkholt was £190,000 in 2025.

Balderstone & Kirkholt had 10,402 usual residents at the census.

About 27% of people in Balderstone & Kirkholt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Balderstone & Kirkholt, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.