Housing in OL10 3NJ
What the homes in OL10 3NJ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill
- Council
- Rochdale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,631 (2024)
OL10 3NJHeywood
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (49.1%). Flats make up 17.5%, below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
35.3% of households in the OL10 3NJ area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 10.1% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 16.5% own outright and 18.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned35.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented10.1%20.5%
- Social rented54.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 31.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (20.2%). 35.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Rochdale
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Rochdale (August 2026, +8.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around OL10 3NJ (Heywood Heap Bridge & Darnhill) (about 1,631 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.