Is Romney Street in Tameside a nice place to live?

Romney Street is classified by the ONS as Pakistani Communities. Romney Street is in the top 10% of highest crime postcodes (see map). The road is one of the most deprived in the country

Geography

Romney Street is located in the Ashton St Michael's ward of the Tameside district in Greater Manchester.
Coordinates 53.491762, -2.087832
Grid Ref SJ942994
Suburb Hurst
Constituency Ashton-under-Lyne
Postcodes OL6 9HU

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in Romney Street in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in Romney Street, Greater Manchester

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Greater-manchester Police in Romney Street during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Romney Street and compared that to the average for the Ashton St Michael's ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in Romney Street, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Ashton St Michael's ward

Social economic statistics for Romney Street

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Romney Street is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Romney Street is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Romney Street experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Romney Street are in the top 10% of most income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Romney Street involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Romney Street are in the top 10% of the most employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Romney Street are in the top 10% of the most health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Romney Street, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Romney Street are in the top 10% of the most deprived in the country

2021 Census for Romney Street

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Romney Street.

Unemployment in Romney Street

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
1.84% of Romney Street residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Romney Street

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Romney Street. The proportion of retirees on Romney Street is 2.06% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
16.54% of Romney Street residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Romney Street

The proportion of home owners on Romney Street is 0.99% higher than the national average of 62%. 26.77% of properties in Romney Street are private rented and 10.24% are social rented.
62.99% of residents of Romney Street own their home

Country of Birth of Romney Street residents

The proportion if Romney Street residents born in the UK is 27.09% lower than the England national average of 82.65%. 44.44% of Romney Street residents were born outside the UK.
55.56% of Romney Street residents were born in the UK

Romney Street Summary

With house prices in Romney Street less than the average for Greater Manchester and very high levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very poor road. Romney Street is the the top 10% of income deprivated streets in England. Romney Street has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Romney Street maybe difficult.

Romney Street has very high levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe harder compared to the rest of the country.

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