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Wood End

Middle area

North west Oldham. 5,716 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 62% of people in Wood End live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£199,500
Joint 1,464th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,678
Joint 2,352nd least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
62%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Wood End

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

How Wood End 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. Wood End is £199,500.
£199,50017th 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. Wood End is 5,678.
5,6784th 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%. Wood End is 62.0%.
62%joint 4th 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%. Wood End is 98.3%.
98.3%17th highest

What is the population of Wood End?

Wood End had 5,678 usual residents at the census.

Wood End is the joint 2,352nd 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 Wood End 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
Wood End in brief

The median price paid for a home in Wood End was £199,500 in 2025.

Wood End had 5,678 usual residents at the census.

About 62% of people in Wood End live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Wood End, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.