# Clough & Shaw Side

North Oldham. 6,169 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.2 square kilometres.

Clough & Shaw Side had 6,038 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). The median price paid for a home in Clough & Shaw Side was £214,500 in 2025.

Middle area. Code E02001100. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) › [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £214,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Clough & Shaw Side was £214,500 in 2025. Joint 1,827th cheapest of 7,259. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 6,038** (2021). Clough & Shaw Side had 6,038 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 2,806th least populated of 9,448. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 91%** (2022). About 91% of people in Clough & Shaw Side live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.1%** (January 2026). In Clough & Shaw Side, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E02001100) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 91% of people in Clough & Shaw Side live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E02001100) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 88 homes were sold in Clough & Shaw Side in 2025.
- [Population by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E02001100) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Clough & Shaw Side had 6,038 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E02001100) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Oldham. The outline is Clough & Shaw Side.

## Recorded crime in Clough & Shaw Side


Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

## How Clough & Shaw Side compares

Each middle area against every other middle area the measure covers.

| Measure | Clough & Shaw Side | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £214,500 | 15th most expensive | 34 middle areas, Oldham · 2025 |
| Population | 6,038 | 14th least populated | 34 middle areas, Oldham · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 91% | 12th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 34 middle areas, Oldham · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.1% | 9th lowest | 34 middle areas, Oldham · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Clough & Shaw Side?

Clough & Shaw Side had 6,038 usual residents at the census.
Clough & Shaw Side is the 2,806th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.

## Figures for the whole of Oldham

These figures are published for the whole of Oldham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Oldham and not Clough & Shaw Side alone. [See Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

- **Average house price: £217,171** (July 2026). Oldham’s average house price was £217,171 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,042** (2025). Full-time workers living in Oldham earned a median of £34,042 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 34th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.4×** (2025). A home in Oldham costs 6.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 123rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 36.8** (2025). Oldham has a deprivation score of 36.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 11th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Clough & Shaw Side in brief

The median price paid for a home in Clough & Shaw Side was £214,500 in 2025.
Clough & Shaw Side had 6,038 usual residents at the census.
About 91% of people in Clough & Shaw Side live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Clough & Shaw Side, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Middle area
- Code: E02001100
- Ward: [Shaw †](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/ward/shaw)
- Constituency: [Oldham East and Saddleworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-east-and-saddleworth)
- Council: [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 6.18 km²
- People, mid-2024: 6,169*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 21

* People: worked out by Open Index by adding up the neighbourhood estimates inside this area.
† Best fit: the ward and constituency this middle area mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Wood End](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end), [Moorside & Sholver](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/moorside-and-sholver), [Shaw & Crompton](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/shaw-and-crompton), [Milnrow East & Newhey](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/milnrow-east-and-newhey), [Diggle, Delph & Denshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/diggle-delph-and-denshaw), [Royton East & Cowlishaw](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/royton-east-and-cowlishaw)

## Latest updates for Clough & Shaw Side

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E02001100

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side
