93,140

Households

White Brit. · 65%

Ethnicity

Christian · 45%

Religion

Most deprived 30⁠–⁠40%

Avg IMD

Not available

Crime

£215,000

Median property price · Oldham · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 1,935 sales

£942

Average rent, August 2026

5,905

Postcodes

Sold prices in Oldham

England & Wales

Property sales · Oldham

HM Land Registry · Oldham

Average price

£244,750

Median price: £215,000

Median +2.4% vs prior 12 months

Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 1,935 sales

View district OL2

Recent sale price trend

Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 49 sales · avg £269,004

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£269k£247k£225k

Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Sep '26

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Oldham

England & Wales

Crime data not available: Greater Manchester Police currently supplies no data to police.uk.

Demographics in Oldham

Ethnicity

Total residents: 242,056

White Brit.65.2%

Pakistani13.5%

Bangladeshi9.0%

African2.5%

Other White2.1%

+ 14 other groups · 7.7%

Religion

Total residents: 242,104

Christian44.9%

No religion25.0%

Muslim24.4%

Not answered4.7%

Hindu0.5%

+ 4 other religions · 0.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 242,088

35–4919.1%

50–6418.1%

25–3413.1%

10–158.9%

65–748.9%

+ 6 other age groups · 32.0%

Households

Total households: 93,140

One person: other16.8%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.5%

One person: aged 66+12.6%

Lone parent family: With dependent children9.4%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.9%

+ 9 other households · 36.9%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Oldham

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

Most deprived 30–40%

Mean decile 3.54 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as Most deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.54 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Oldham

1% of postcodes (42 of 5905) are in Flood Zone 3 and 1% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

Zone 342 (1%)
Zone 259 (1%)
Zone 15,804 (98%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Oldham

Oldham Mumps (Manchester Metrolink) is a 2-minute walk from the centre

Metrolink · 186 m

Oldham Mumps (Manchester Metrolink)
Metrolink
186 m
Oldham Central (Manchester Metrolink)
Metrolink
646 m
Derker (Manchester Metrolink)
Metrolink
663 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, DLR, tram, metro, and ferry

Amenities in Oldham

GPs make up most of the mapped places

30 GPs · 11 Libraries · 4 Hospitals · 46 in all

GPs30
Libraries11
Hospitals4
Museums1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Oldham

Average rent, August 2026

£942/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£702

1 bed

£879

2 bed

£1,067

3 bed

£1,452

4 bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

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Last place offered

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