Ashton Hurst is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. It elects three Councillors to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

The population of Ashton Hurst is just smaller than the Tameside average of 11,796 people. 59% of this population is between the ages of 16 and 64 years old, which is less than the borough average of 62%. Since 2013, the under 16 and over 65 age groups have increased in size, while the working age population has decreased by almost 100 people.

On average, 70% of adults in Tameside are employed, so Ashton Hurst’s employment rate of 65.3% is below average for the borough, although the proportion of students is higher than the average value of 4.8%. The majority of properties in Ashton Hurst are owner occupied, with average market sale prices slightly above the Tameside average of £139,412. The percentage of private rented homes in Ashton Hurst is lower than the Tameside average of 14.2%. 11.2% of households are in fuel poverty, which is above the average of 10.2%.

Ashton Hurst is more deprived than the Tameside average; the IMD deprivation score for Ashton Hurst is 31.6, which is higher than the borough’s average score of 28.8. The proportion of children living in poverty in the ward, 33.0%, is 3.5% above the Tameside average.

The total crime rate in Ashton Hurst is slightly below the Tameside average of 207.7 offences per 1000 people. Ashton Hurst has a lower rate of anti-social behaviour offences than the Tameside average, and has a significantly smaller rate of theft per 1000 people.