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Royton North

Middle area

West Oldham. 5,644 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 79% of people in Royton North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£230,000
Joint 2,193rd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,674
2,350th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
79%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Royton North

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

How Royton North 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 North is £230,000.
£230,000joint 12th 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 North is 5,674.
5,6743rd 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 North is 79.0%.
79%8th 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%. Royton North is 99.6%.
99.6%joint 4th highest

What is the population of Royton North?

Royton North had 5,674 usual residents at the census.

Royton North is the 2,350th 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 North 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
Royton North in brief

The median price paid for a home in Royton North was £230,000 in 2025.

Royton North had 5,674 usual residents at the census.

About 79% of people in Royton North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Royton North, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.