Clough & Shaw Side
Oldham · North West · population 6,071 · 4 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #4,365 of 6,856 in England
- #472 of 932 in North West
- #10 of 34 in Oldham
- More deprived (bottom 40%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 18% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Managers & directors | 13% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Elementary | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 7% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 62% · No religion 27% · Muslim 6%
Born outside the UK: 6%
Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.
In summary
Clough & Shaw Side is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,365 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 34 in Oldham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (61) and lowest on Health (26). Typical homes here, about £216,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 80 sales), in line with the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,026 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,904 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £216,250 | 80 | -9.9% | +37.3% |
| Detached | £330,000 | 15 | -9.6% | +10.0% |
| Semi-detached | £229,950 | 35 | -10.3% | +33.3% |
| Terraced | £176,000 | 28 | +6.7% | +35.4% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=2) | |||
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Household income
Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →
Affordability-adjusted Score ?
- #2,026 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Clough & Shaw Side has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Oldham
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Leigh SouthWigan36£222,000
- Minehead TownSomerset36£257,500
- Morley CentralLeeds36£173,000
- Stretford EastTrafford36£325,000
- KingsmoorHarlow36£326,500
- Brentford CentralHounslow36£532,500