Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale

Borough of Rochdale
Borough of Rochdale
Metropolitan borough
	Rochdale Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Rochdale shown within Greater Manchester
	Coordinates: 53°37′00″N 2°09′24″W / 53.61667°N 2.15667°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county and city region	Greater Manchester
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	Rochdale
Administrative HQ	Number One Riverside
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Rochdale Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Neil Emmott (L)
• Mayor	Shakil Ahmed
• MPs	2 MPs Elsie Blundell (L) ; Paul Waugh (L) ;
Area
• Total	61 sq mi (158 km2)
• Rank	163rd
Population (2022)
• Total	226,992
• Rank	82nd
• Density	3,720/sq mi (1,435/km2)
Demonym	Rochdalian
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 74.0% White ; 18.5% Asian ; 3.5% Black ; 2.4% Mixed ; 1.6% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 46.9% Christianity ; 28.8% no religion ; 18.8% Islam ; 0.3% Hinduism ; 0.2% Buddhism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.3% other ; 4.6% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	M; OL;
Dialling code	0161; 01706;
ISO 3166 code	GB-RCH
GSS code	E08000005
Website	rochdale.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Heywood, Littleborough, Middleton & Milnrow. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 226,992 in 2022.^[3]

^ "Councillors and elections". Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Rochdale Local Authority (E08000005)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[Council_leadership-1] "Councillors and elections". Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.

[2] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[popstats-3] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[2021_Nomis-4] UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Rochdale Local Authority (E08000005)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

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