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Royton East & Cowlishaw

Middle area

West Oldham. 6,223 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 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 Royton East & Cowlishaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£256,000
Joint 2,845th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,030
Joint 2,794th least 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
99.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Royton East & Cowlishaw

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 Royton East & Cowlishaw compares

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

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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. Royton East & Cowlishaw is £256,000.
£256,0005th most 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. Royton East & Cowlishaw is 6,030.
6,03013th 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%. Royton East & Cowlishaw 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%. Royton East & Cowlishaw is 99.3%.
99.3%12th highest

What is the population of Royton East & Cowlishaw?

Royton East & Cowlishaw had 6,030 usual residents at the census.

Royton East & Cowlishaw is the joint 2,794th 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 Royton East & Cowlishaw alone. See Oldham

Average house price
£217,214
Up 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,042
34th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.4×
Joint 122nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
36.8
11th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Royton East & Cowlishaw in brief

The median price paid for a home in Royton East & Cowlishaw was £256,000 in 2025.

Royton East & Cowlishaw had 6,030 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Royton East & Cowlishaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Royton East & Cowlishaw, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.