CANAL STREET, OL11 1AB House Prices & Local Information

OL11 1AB is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Canal Street, 0.5km from Milkstone in Rochdale. Administratively it sits within Milkstone & Deeplish ward and the Rochdale constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, OL11 1AB is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. Outside of residential hours, industrial activities connected with mining and quarrying. At 32 years average, this is a working-age, professionally active neighbourhood with good transport links and a dynamic social mix. 38% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 61% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Rochdale.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 0 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. 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 OL11 1AB are sourced from Output Area E00181750 (shared with 12 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.