Vehicle barriers in Middleton (Rochdale)

Middleton (Rochdale) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63001168 in North West. ONS counted 46,630 usual residents and a median age of 38.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Medium. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 17.5%, then Human health and social work activities at 16.6%, then Education at 10.1%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 41.7%, then Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 31.8%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 15.6%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 10.9%. Tenure: Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 31%, then Owned: owns outright at 29.2%, then Rented: social rented at 24.3%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 15.5%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 15.6% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 56.4% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Detached houses lead the housing mix, so communal booms are less common than on flatted estates.

We do not invent a podium that the census says is not the main housing form. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS.

A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane. This readout does not invent a business park.

Other settlements with their own barrier page in North West include Middlewich, Morecambe, Mossley.