Oldham

Town

Town in Oldham, North West.

Oldham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Oldham 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.

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Gigabit coverage by town

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Oldham, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price

£178,000

Joint 136th cheapest of 1,092

Worked out by Open Index

Population

110,722

95th most populated of 1,209

ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Gigabit broadband coverage

98.5%

UK 87.8%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Claimant rate

8.9%

UK 3.9%

ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Oldham compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

OldhamMiddle

Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025

£178,000joint 32nd cheapest

Population161 towns, North West · 2021

110,7229th most populated

Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026

98.5%joint 11th highest

Claimant rate161 towns, North West · Aug 2026

8.9%highest

What is the population of Oldham?

Oldham had 110,722 usual residents at the census.

Oldham is the 95th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Oldham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Oldham has no single figure. Of its 58 neighbourhoods with a rank:
Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 42 neighbourhoods
Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in Oldham

Name	People (census)	Recorded crime per 1,000	Deprivation decile	Gigabit broadband
Oldham 007C	1,278	No figure	7	99.6%
Oldham 007D	1,555	No figure	8	99.1%
Oldham 007E	1,728	No figure	1	99.3%
Oldham 007F	2,751	No figure	3	99.5%
Oldham 011A	1,816	No figure	2	98.1%
Oldham 011B	1,551	No figure	1	99.6%
Oldham 011E	2,585	No figure	2	99.3%
Oldham 012A	1,643	No figure	1	99.9%
Oldham 012B	1,584	No figure	2	98.6%
Oldham 012C	1,379	No figure	4	100.0%
Oldham 012D	1,464	No figure	4	100.0%
Oldham 012E	1,679	No figure	1	99.8%
Oldham 014A	2,423	No figure	1	98.5%
Oldham 014B	2,408	No figure	1	96.9%
Oldham 014C	1,827	No figure	1	97.7%
Oldham 014D	2,477	No figure	1	96.5%
Oldham 016A	2,506	No figure	1	99.0%
Oldham 016C	1,528	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 016D	1,510	No figure	1	86.7%
Oldham 016E	1,804	No figure	2	98.1%
Oldham 019A	2,365	No figure	1	99.5%
Oldham 019B	1,862	No figure	1	99.9%
Oldham 019C	2,138	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 019D	1,547	No figure	3	99.1%
Oldham 022A	2,335	No figure	1	99.8%
Oldham 022B	2,997	No figure	1	99.6%
Oldham 022C	2,214	No figure	1	99.1%
Oldham 022D	1,920	No figure	1	98.5%
Oldham 022E	2,852	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 024A	2,700	No figure	1	99.6%
Oldham 024B	2,161	No figure	1	94.9%
Oldham 024C	2,048	No figure	2	99.8%
Oldham 024D	1,770	No figure	1	96.2%
Oldham 026A	2,191	No figure	1	99.9%
Oldham 026D	1,548	No figure	1	94.6%
Oldham 026F	1,819	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 027D	1,956	No figure	1	99.2%
Oldham 029A	1,509	No figure	1	99.8%
Oldham 029B	1,571	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 029C	1,620	No figure	1	99.5%
Oldham 029D	1,497	No figure	1	99.8%
Oldham 029E	2,968	No figure	1	99.6%
Oldham 030A	1,749	No figure	1	98.9%
Oldham 030B	1,296	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 030C	1,513	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 030D	1,609	No figure	1	99.5%
Oldham 030E	1,587	No figure	3	99.7%
Oldham 031D	1,444	No figure	1	98.7%
Oldham 031E	1,557	No figure	2	99.6%
Oldham 033D	1,450	No figure	2	93.4%
Oldham 036A	1,692	No figure	1	97.5%
Oldham 036B	1,609	No figure	1	90.2%
Oldham 036C	2,705	No figure	1	99.9%
Oldham 036D	1,687	No figure	1	100.0%
Oldham 037A	2,424	No figure	1	98.6%
Oldham 037B	2,032	No figure	1	99.8%
Oldham 037C	2,204	No figure	2	90.7%
Oldham 037D	1,827	No figure	3	100.0%

Your MP

Debbie AbrahamsLabourMP for Oldham East and Saddleworth

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

Council1

Oldham

Postcode districts covering Oldham4

Middle areas in Oldham13

Towns near Oldham6

Oldham in brief

Oldham is a town in Oldham, North West.

About 116,329 people lived in Oldham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £178,000 in 2025 across 685 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Oldham was £178,000 in 2025.

Oldham had 110,722 usual residents at the census.

In Oldham, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Oldham, 8.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.