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Tameside in numbers
Facts & figures about Tameside.
A friendly, source-linked snapshot of Tameside life — borough population, town demographics, property prices, public services and the environment. 8 source-tagged data points, every one with a citation.
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Tameside (whole borough) — Tameside
around 231,100 people
Resident population
ONS rounded figure for Census Day 2021; up from around 219,300 in 2011.
Office for National Statistics — Census 2021 · Census 2021
+5.4%
Population change since 2011
ONS rounded comparison: Tameside increased at a similar rate to the North West (+5.2%).
Office for National Statistics — Census 2021 · 2011 Census to Census 2021
40 years
Median age
ONS reports the median age increased by one year, from 39 in 2011 to 40 in 2021.
Office for National Statistics — Census 2021 · Census 2021
around 16.0 people per football-pitch-sized area
Population density context
ONS rounded density comparison; this was 15.2 in 2011.
Office for National Statistics — Census 2021 · Census 2021
13.8% of households
Lone-parent households
ONS household-composition figure; up from 12.8% in 2011.
Office for National Statistics — Census 2021 · Census 2021
Data coverage — tameside.online
104 records
Official DfE school records published
Count of published Tameside school records imported into this site from official DfE data.
Department for Education — Get Information about Schools · Imported 2026-05-10
1766 records
Food hygiene premises published
Count of published Tameside FHRS establishment records imported into this site.
Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme · Imported 2026-05-10
297 records
Registered charity/community records published
Count of published Tameside registered-charity records imported into this site; private contact details are intentionally not republished.
Charity Commission Register of Charities · Imported 2026-05-10
How tameside.online compiles these
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