# Chadderton

Town in Oldham, North West.

Chadderton is a town in Oldham, North West. Median sale price £205,000 in 2025. About 39,865 people.

Town. Code E63001203. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

Chadderton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Chadderton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £205,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Chadderton was £205,000 in 2025. Joint 254th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chadderton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 37,602** (2021). Chadderton had 37,602 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 295th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/chadderton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 69%** (2022). About 69% of people in Chadderton 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/town/chadderton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In Chadderton, 98.0% 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/town/chadderton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001203) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 69% of people in Chadderton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001203) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 430 homes were sold in Chadderton in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001203) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Chadderton had 37,602 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=E63001203) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Oldham, where most of this town lies. The outline is Chadderton.

## How Chadderton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Chadderton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £205,000 | joint 61st cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 37,602 | 46th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 69% | joint 66th most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.0% | joint 23rd highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Chadderton?

Chadderton had 37,602 usual residents at the census.
Chadderton is the 295th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Chadderton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Chadderton has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Chadderton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oldham 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005335) | 1,290 | – | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Oldham 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005337) | 2,548 | – | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Oldham 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005339) | 1,485 | – | 9 | 96.4% |
| [Oldham 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005340) | 1,599 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005329) | 1,499 | – | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Oldham 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005330) | 1,735 | – | 7 | 85.1% |
| [Oldham 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005333) | 1,239 | – | 9 | 97.9% |
| [Oldham 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005336) | 1,521 | – | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Oldham 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005351) | 2,085 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Oldham 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005327) | 1,966 | – | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005328) | 1,790 | – | 1 | 98.9% |
| [Oldham 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005331) | 1,724 | – | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Oldham 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005334) | 1,425 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005338) | 1,941 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Oldham 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005342) | 1,592 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Oldham 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005343) | 1,415 | – | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Oldham 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005344) | 1,913 | – | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Oldham 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005332) | 2,294 | – | 2 | 93.9% |
| [Oldham 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005341) | 1,413 | – | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005345) | 1,503 | – | 6 | 97.3% |
| [Oldham 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005346) | 1,392 | – | 6 | 98.9% |
| [Oldham 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005347) | 1,309 | – | 5 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-west-chadderton-and-royton): Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

## Postcode districts covering Chadderton

[OL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol1), [OL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol9)

## Middle areas in Chadderton

[Chadderton Central](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/chadderton-central), [Chadderton North](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/chadderton-north), [Chadderton South East](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/chadderton-south-east), [Chadderton South West](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/chadderton-south-west), [Middleton Junction](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/middleton-junction)

## Towns near Chadderton

[Middleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/middleton), [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oldham), [Failsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/failsworth), [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester), [Royton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royton), [Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne)

## Chadderton in brief

Chadderton is a town in Oldham, North West.
About 39,865 people lived in Chadderton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,000 in 2025 across 430 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Chadderton was £205,000 in 2025.
Chadderton had 37,602 usual residents at the census.
About 69% of people in Chadderton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chadderton, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001203
- Constituency: [Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-west-chadderton-and-royton)
- Council: [Oldham †](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 9.82 km²
- People, mid-2024: 39,865*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 116

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oldham), [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester), [Middleton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/middleton), [Failsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/failsworth), [Royton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royton), [Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashton-under-lyne)

## Latest updates for Chadderton

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001203

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/chadderton