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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001121

Oldham Town South

Oldham Town South is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,679 residents in Oldham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Oldham
8,679

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,462

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,589

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.1%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Ravensthorpe, Kirklees8,852 residents · 52.7% owned · 31.1% no carDeeplish, Rochdale10,296 residents · 46.8% owned · 34.3% no carAudley, Blackburn with Darwen8,576 residents · 51.2% owned · 33.0% no carLockwood, Kirklees7,790 residents · 48.8% owned · 37.3% no carWashwood Heath, Birmingham9,962 residents · 46.7% owned · 33.8% no carRumworth North, Bolton9,343 residents · 38.3% owned · 41.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oldham Town South

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned40.9%
1,007 households
Social rented30.6%
754 households
Private rented27.1%
668 households
Lives rent free1%
25 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced53.3%
1,314 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.1%
471 households
Semi-detached15.6%
385 households
Detached9%
223 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
34 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.7%
1,003 households
No cars or vans in household38.9%
959 households
2 cars or vans in household15%
369 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.4%
134 households
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms33.1%
815 households
3 bedrooms32.8%
808 households
4 or more bedrooms18.9%
466 households
1 bedroom15.3%
376 households
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.8%
1,524 households
One-person household24.8%
613 households
Other household types13.4%
330 households
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household24.9%
613 households
2 people in household18.3%
451 households
4 people in household13.5%
333 households
3 people in household12.8%
316 households
5 people in household12.3%
303 households
6 people in household9.4%
231 households
8 or more people in household4.8%
118 households
7 people in household4.1%
100 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1528.2%
2,450 residents
15–2924.9%
2,158 residents
30–4423.2%
2,012 residents
45–6416.8%
1,456 residents
65 and over6.9%
603 residents
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh68%
5,904 residents
White22.1%
1,914 residents
Other ethnic group4.5%
394 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.6%
314 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
151 residents
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications34.6%
2,087 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.1%
1,212 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.6%
818 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
764 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
723 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.6%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.9%
3,131 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)44.5%
2,682 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.6%
217 residents aged 16 and over
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed25%
1,507 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students15.6%
941 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.9%
600 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.6%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
436 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.4%
208 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.2%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.6%
4,127 residents
Good health32.6%
2,830 residents
Fair health13.5%
1,172 residents
Bad health5%
432 residents
Very bad health1.4%
118 residents
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.8%
7,357 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.2%
1,322 residents
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
872 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions27.9%
687 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension25.1%
619 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions11%
271 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
16 households
Oldham Town South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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