Living in Tameside
Homes sell for a median of about £2,589 per m², well below the typical council in England and Wales (£3,342). 21.2% of households rent from the council or a housing association, above the UK average of 17.5%. About 7.2% of homes are in areas where road or rail noise reaches 65 dB, against 6.9% across Great Britain. 63% of homes are within a five-minute walk of a public park (Great Britain: 56%).
Tameside at a glance
| Measure | Tameside | Comparison | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social housing (share of households) | 21.2% | UK 17.5% | 66th highest of 374 |
| Homes in areas with 65 dB+ road or rail noise | 7.2% | GB 6.9% | 276th quietest of 363 |
| Homes within 400 m of a public park | 63% | GB 56% | 93rd of 363 |
| Homes within 400 m of a play space | 40% | GB 60% | |
| Median house price per m² | £2,589 | E&W council median £3,342 | 227th highest of 314 |
| Schools rated Good or Outstanding | 80% | E&W 87% | |
| Median broadband speed available | 1,000 Mbit/s | Council median 1,000 Mbit/s |
How much crime is there in Tameside?
There is no reliable annual figure for Tameside. Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level crime data to data.police.uk: the latest archive has no Greater Manchester records. Rather than show a misleadingly low number, this page leaves crime out.
How much social housing is there in Tameside?
Tameside ranks 66th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 99,472 households, 21,136 are social homes (21.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.
How does Tameside compare with the UK average?
At +3.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Tameside sits above the national level.
How noisy is Tameside?
In Tameside, about 7.2% of homes are in areas where modelled road or rail noise reaches 65 dB Lden or more — the level Defra and the WHO treat as high. The Great Britain average is 6.9%, and Tameside is the 276th quietest of 363 councils mapped.
Estimated from the official strategic noise maps: the share of each census area at 65 dB or more, weighted by its households. See noisy roads and railways on the map →
How close are parks in Tameside?
63% of homes in Tameside are within 400 m — about a five-minute walk — of a public park or garden, and 40% are that close to a children's play space. Across Great Britain the figures are 56% and 60%, which puts Tameside 93rd of 363 councils for access to a park.
Straight-line distance from the centre of each census area to the edge of the nearest site in OS Open Greenspace, weighted by households. See parks and play spaces on the map →
Schools, prices and more in Tameside
What the map's other datasets say about Tameside.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Tameside has 110 schools — 100 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 75 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of the 44 with a published Ofsted grade, 80% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 92 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Tameside, offering about 5,229 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Tameside sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 38% of its 142 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,589 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Tameside on the map
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Sources: 2021–22 Census (social housing); strategic noise maps, Round 4 (noise); OS Open Greenspace (parks) · Page updated 27 September 2026 · Download the data (CSV, all 374 councils).