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Diggle, Delph & Denshaw

Middle area

North east Oldham. 5,442 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 34 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 68% of people in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£355,000
Joint 2,554th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,502
Joint 2,196th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
68%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw

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

Crime across Oldham

How Diggle, Delph & Denshaw compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Diggle, Delph & DenshawMiddle
Median sale price34 middle areas, Oldham · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from £138,000 to £355,000. The middle area is £199,000. Diggle, Delph & Denshaw is £355,000.
£355,000most expensive
Population34 middle areas, Oldham · 2021
Population: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from 5,458 to 12,317. The middle area is 6,832. Diggle, Delph & Denshaw is 5,502.
5,5022nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares34 middle areas, Oldham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from 12.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Diggle, Delph & Denshaw is 68.0%.
68%7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage34 middle areas, Oldham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from 88.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 98.3%. Diggle, Delph & Denshaw is 88.1%.
88.1%lowest

What is the population of Diggle, Delph & Denshaw?

Diggle, Delph & Denshaw had 5,502 usual residents at the census.

Diggle, Delph & Denshaw is the joint 2,196th 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 Diggle, Delph & Denshaw alone. See Oldham

Average house price
£217,171
Up 4.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,042
34th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.4×
Joint 123rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
36.8
11th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Diggle, Delph & Denshaw in brief

The median price paid for a home in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw was £355,000 in 2025.

Diggle, Delph & Denshaw had 5,502 usual residents at the census.

About 68% of people in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Diggle, Delph & Denshaw, 88.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.