4,509

Households

White Brit. · 89%

Ethnicity

Christian · 58%

Religion

Most deprived 30⁠–⁠40%

Avg IMD

Not available

Crime

£196,750

Median property price · Shaw · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 98 sales

294

Postcodes

Sold prices in Shaw

England & Wales

Property sales · Shaw

HM Land Registry · Shaw

Average price

£219,284

Median price: £196,750

Median +3.3% vs prior 12 months

Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 98 sales

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Recent sale price trend

Oct '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 6 sales · avg £214,333

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

£268k£232k£196k

Oct '25Dec '25Mar '26Aug '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 Shaw

England & Wales

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

Demographics in Shaw

Ethnicity

Total residents: 10,037

White Brit.88.7%

Bangladeshi3.0%

Other White2.1%

Pakistani1.3%

White & Black Caribbean1.0%

+ 14 other groups · 3.8%

Religion

Total residents: 10,052

Christian58.2%

No religion30.8%

Not answered5.5%

Muslim4.6%

Other religion0.3%

+ 4 other religions · 0.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 10,030

50–6421.4%

35–4918.3%

25–3412.6%

65–7411.5%

75–847.1%

+ 6 other age groups · 29.2%

Households

Total households: 4,509

One person: other19.4%

One person: aged 66+14.0%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.4%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.8%

Single family household, all members 66+9.2%

+ 9 other households · 37.1%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Shaw

Area IMD profile

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

Most deprived 30–40%

Mean decile 3.84 (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 3.84 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Shaw

6% of postcodes (17 of 294) are in Flood Zone 3 and 5% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

Zone 317 (6%)
Zone 214 (5%)
Zone 1263 (89%)

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

Transport in Shaw

Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink) is a 6-minute walk from the centre

Metrolink · 473 m

Shaw and Crompton (Manchester Metrolink)
Metrolink
473 m

Bus stops

Rutland Way
Bus
133 m
George Street
Bus
192 m
Chancery Lane
Bus
234 m
Leisure Centre
Bus
321 m
Wrens Nest
Bus
333 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Metrolink, Bus

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

School applications

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Last place offered

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