Failsworth South
Oldham · North West · population 5,393 · 4 LSOAs
Part of Failsworth · Postcode M35 · M40
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,570 of 6,856 in England
- #387 of 932 in North West
- #7 of 34 in Oldham
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Skilled trades 14% · Professional 14% · Associate professional 14%
All occupation groups
| Skilled trades | 14% |
| Professional | 14% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Administrative | 13% |
| Caring & leisure | 11% |
| Elementary | 11% |
| Managers & directors | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 8% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%
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
Failsworth South sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,570 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 34 in Oldham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (83) and lowest on Health (35). Typical homes here, about £245,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 53 sales), 15% above the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,520 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,420 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 | £245,000 | 53 | +16.7% | +43.7% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
| Semi-detached | £250,000 | 45 | +17.6% | +53.8% |
| Terraced | £194,975 | 6 | +12.4% | +11.8% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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 ?
- #1,520 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 Failsworth South 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.
- Garforth South, Swillington & Little PrestonLeeds48£256,250
- BarwellHinckley and Bosworth48£210,500
- Cheadle EastStockport48£293,450
- South Darwen & WhitehallBlackburn with Darwen48£185,000
- GodstoneTandridge48£468,000
- Sovereign HarbourEastbourne48£245,000