Metropolitan 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 / 53.61667; -2.15667
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 [1]
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Rochdale Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Neil Emmott (L)
• Mayor	Shakil Ahmed
• MPs	2 MPs Chris Clarkson (C) George Galloway (WPB)
Area [2]
• Total	61 sq mi (158 km2)
• Rank	163rd
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	226,992
• Rank	82nd
• Density	3,720/sq mi (1,435/km2)
Demonym	Rochdalian
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 74.0% White 18.5% Asian 3.5% Black 2.4% Mixed 1.6% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• 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 Middleton, Heywood, Milnrow and Littleborough. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 226,992 in 2022.^[3]