Tameside: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£365,562

Semi-detached

£239,937

Terraced

£183,907

Flat or maisonette

£122,902

First-time buyers

£192,799

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  218,020 in 1991 → 239,643 in 2024 (+9.9%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £110,105 in 2005 → £209,723 in 2026 (+90.5%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £369 in 2008 → £604 in 2025 (+63.9%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  73.9% in 2004 → 73.2% in 2023 (−0.9%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  2.4% in 2001 → 4.7% in 2025 (+95.8%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,245 in 1997 → £20,268 in 2024 (+145.8%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Tameside; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment3.1 t per person (2024) · 53rd lowest of 361
• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access95.1% (January 2026) · 60th highest of 361
• Housing affordability · Housing6.2× earnings (April 2025) · 80th lowest of 316
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access10 min (2019) · 90th lowest of 326

Where it ranks worst

• Smokers · Health & wellbeing16.5% (2020 to 2024) · 360th lowest of 373
• High-growth businesses · Economy & work2.1% (2024) · 346th highest of 361
• Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access59.3 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 346th highest of 361
• Job density · Economy & work0.54 jobs per resident (2024) · 333rd highest of 350

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)77.5 years · England 80.0 · 130th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)80.9 years · England 83.8 · 147th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)55.2 years · England 60.9 · 134th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)56.0 years · England 61.3 · 125th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)426.5 per 100k · England 321.0 · 139th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)13.6% · England 10.4 · 126th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)68.8% · England 64.6 · 115th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)61.6% · England 68.3 · 150th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)43.4 score · England 46.0 · 125th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)4.6% · England 5.8 · 69th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)27.0% · England 19.8 · 124th lowest of 153