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Hurstead & Smallbridge

Middle area

North east Rochdale. 8,877 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 74% of people in Hurstead & Smallbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£155,500
Joint 603rd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,403
Joint 2,883rd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
74%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Hurstead & Smallbridge

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

How Hurstead & Smallbridge 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. Hurstead & Smallbridge is £155,500.
£155,5004th 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. Hurstead & Smallbridge is 8,403.
8,40310th least 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%. Hurstead & Smallbridge is 74.0%.
74%2nd 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%. Hurstead & Smallbridge is 94.0%.
94.0%12th lowest

What is the population of Hurstead & Smallbridge?

Hurstead & Smallbridge had 8,403 usual residents at the census.

Hurstead & Smallbridge is the joint 2,883rd 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 Hurstead & Smallbridge 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
Hurstead & Smallbridge in brief

The median price paid for a home in Hurstead & Smallbridge was £155,500 in 2025.

Hurstead & Smallbridge had 8,403 usual residents at the census.

About 74% of people in Hurstead & Smallbridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hurstead & Smallbridge, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.