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Oldham Town South

Middle area

South west Oldham. 9,257 people in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Oldham Town South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£140,000
Joint 368th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,679
Joint 2,495th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Oldham Town South

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

How Oldham Town South compares

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

Oldham Town SouthMiddle
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. Oldham Town South is £140,000.
£140,000joint 2nd cheapest
Population34 middle areas, Oldham · 2021
Population: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from 5,458 to 12,317. The middle area is 6,832. Oldham Town South is 8,679.
8,6796th most 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%. Oldham Town South is 100.0%.
100%joint most 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%. Oldham Town South is 97.3%.
97.3%joint 13th lowest

What is the population of Oldham Town South?

Oldham Town South had 8,679 usual residents at the census.

Oldham Town South is the joint 2,495th most 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 Oldham Town South 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
Oldham Town South in brief

The median price paid for a home in Oldham Town South was £140,000 in 2025.

Oldham Town South had 8,679 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Oldham Town South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Oldham Town South, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.