YORKSHIRE STREET, OL16 1BT House Prices & Local Information

OL16 1BT is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Yorkshire Street, 0.2km from Rochdale in Rochdale. Administratively it sits within Central Rochdale ward and the Rochdale constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, OL16 1BT is a busy family neighbourhood — lots of children, diverse backgrounds. During the day, major retail centres of national and regional significance. A balanced community with an average age of 38 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 74% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 42% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Rochdale. Full-time employment stands at 18% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for OL16 1BT are sourced from Output Area E00027770 (shared with 88 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.