Oldham
Oldham has 242,088 residents in 93,140 households (Census 2021); 19% are aged 15–29 and 39% of households rent their home. Over the past two years homes sold for a median of £211,000, from £143,500 in Coldhurst to £345,000 in Saddleworth South.
Five maps of Oldham.
Every dot is a residential postcode. Each map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, Aug 2026 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · © OpenStreetMap contributors · English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG · Ofcom Connected Nations 2025
All 20 wards at a glance.
Colour shows where each ward sits among Oldham's wards for that measure, from lowest to highest. Select a ward for its full report.
| Ward | Median price | Green 500 m | Services 15 min | Aged 15–29 | Owner-occupied | Flats | Nearest tram or rail | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | £159k | 38% | 119 | 21% | 38% | 15% | 1.5 km | 97% |
| Chadderton Central | £169k | 34% | 156 | 20% | 49% | 14% | 777 m | 99% |
| Chadderton North | £253k | 27% | 76 | 15% | 83% | 4% | 1.0 km | 97% |
| Chadderton South | £190k | 28% | 124 | 19% | 61% | 10% | 548 m | 90% |
| Coldhurst | £144k | 26% | 226 | 25% | 34% | 28% | 531 m | 96% |
| Crompton | £236k | 17% | 71 | 14% | 76% | 7% | 1.3 km | 97% |
| Failsworth East | £215k | 21% | 97 | 18% | 66% | 7% | 831 m | 96% |
| Failsworth West | £229k | 20% | 80 | 18% | 62% | 8% | 749 m | 97% |
| Hollinwood | £185k | 19% | 163 | 20% | 44% | 10% | 1.2 km | 98% |
| Medlock Vale | £191k | 29% | 111 | 21% | 50% | 7% | 1.9 km | 98% |
| Royton North | £230k | 15% | 74 | 14% | 73% | 10% | 2.5 km | 95% |
| Royton South | £220k | 18% | 87 | 16% | 71% | 13% | 1.7 km | 91% |
| Saddleworth North | £333k | 50% | 26 | 13% | 80% | 3% | 2.9 km | 79% |
| Saddleworth South | £345k | 45% | 54 | 13% | 80% | 10% | 1.1 km | 83% |
| Saddleworth West & Lees | £218k | 33% | 69 | 16% | 75% | 6% | 2.3 km | 87% |
| Shaw | £190k | 13% | 73 | 16% | 62% | 11% | 644 m | 94% |
| St James' | £187k | 29% | 88 | 18% | 55% | 7% | 1.1 km | 97% |
| St Mary's | £145k | 26% | 184 | 24% | 47% | 13% | 550 m | 98% |
| Waterhead | £173k | 22% | 124 | 19% | 54% | 16% | 1.4 km | 98% |
| Werneth | £173k | 33% | 242 | 24% | 50% | 11% | 594 m | 96% |
Sources: Census 2021 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Prices.
Quarterly median of all standard residential sales in Oldham. The latest quarter is still being registered.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026
Safety.
Street-level crime data from Greater Manchester Police is not available on data.police.uk for the latest 12 months, so Oldham reports leave out the safety block rather than estimate it.
Road safety.
Injury collisions reported to the police in Oldham each year, 2021–2025: 326 of them with a serious or fatal injury.
Counts include only collisions involving personal injury that were reported to the police. Most happen on main roads and at junctions, so a count near a postcode reflects the traffic passing through, not the risk of any one journey.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Food hygiene.
Food businesses in Oldham with a published hygiene rating.
Council food safety officers rate businesses from 0 (urgent improvement necessary) to 5 (very good) for hygiene, the state of the premises and how food safety is managed. A rating reflects the standards found on the day of inspection, not the quality of the food.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating data as of 26 October 2026 (Open Government Licence)
Broadband.
Share of homes in Oldham that can get each type of fixed broadband, July 2025.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband coverage of residential premises, July 2025. © Ofcom copyright
Deprivation, in context.
53 of Oldham's 142 neighbourhoods are in the most deprived tenth of England on the 2025 index.
The English Indices of Deprivation rank 33,755 small areas from 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived). They describe areas relative to each other, not every household in them.
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG
Wards of Oldham.
Every ward has its own page with all of its postcodes.