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Salem

Middle area

South west Oldham. 8,527 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 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 Salem 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
7,912
Joint 3,698th 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
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Salem

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 Salem 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. Salem 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. Salem is 7,912.
7,9129th 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%. Salem 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%. Salem is 99.6%.
99.6%joint 4th highest

What is the population of Salem?

Salem had 7,912 usual residents at the census.

Salem is the joint 3,698th 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 Salem 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
Salem in brief

The median price paid for a home in Salem was £140,000 in 2025.

Salem had 7,912 usual residents at the census.

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

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