# Wood End

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

Wood End had 5,678 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). The median price paid for a home in Wood End was £199,500 in 2025.

Middle area. Code E02001099. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) › [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £199,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wood End was £199,500 in 2025. Joint 1,464th cheapest of 7,259. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 5,678** (2021). Wood End had 5,678 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,352nd least populated of 9,448. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 62%** (2022). About 62% of people in Wood End live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.3%** (January 2026). In Wood End, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E02001099) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 62% of people in Wood End live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E02001099) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 80 homes were sold in Wood End in 2025.
- [Population by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E02001099) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Wood End had 5,678 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E02001099) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Oldham. The outline is Wood End.

## 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 middle area against every other middle area the measure covers.

| Measure | Wood End | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £199,500 | 17th most expensive | 34 middle areas, Oldham · 2025 |
| Population | 5,678 | 4th least populated | 34 middle areas, Oldham · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 62% | joint 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 34 middle areas, Oldham · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.3% | 17th highest | 34 middle areas, Oldham · Jan 2026 |

## 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](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

- **Average house price: £217,171** (July 2026). Oldham’s average house price was £217,171 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,042** (2025). Full-time workers living in Oldham earned a median of £34,042 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 34th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.4×** (2025). A home in Oldham costs 6.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 123rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 36.8** (2025). Oldham has a deprivation score of 36.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 11th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## 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.

## About

- Type: Middle area
- Code: E02001099
- Ward: [Shaw †](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/ward/shaw)
- Constituency: [Oldham East and Saddleworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-east-and-saddleworth)
- Council: [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 1.52 km²
- People, mid-2024: 5,716*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 21

* People: worked out by Open Index by adding up the neighbourhood estimates inside this area.
† Best fit: the ward and constituency this middle area mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Clough & Shaw Side](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/clough-and-shaw-side), [Shaw & Crompton](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/shaw-and-crompton)

## Latest updates for Wood End

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E02001099

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/wood-end