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Failsworth West

Oldham · North West · population 6,947 · 4 LSOAs

Part of Failsworth · Postcode M35

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,037 of 6,856 in England
  • #709 of 932 in North West
  • #21 of 34 in Oldham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,785
Median age (est.)36
Density4,281per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above24%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 25%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 17%Other: 11%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 17%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 3%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 3%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 36% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,037 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 34 in Oldham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (75) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, down 11% across five years (from 70 sales), 11% below the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £29,960 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 16 · #5,743
Employment 13 · #5,955
Education 19 · #5,544
Health 9 · #6,216
Crime 4 · #6,593
Housing & access 75 · #1,719
Living environment 12 · #6,065

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +10.0% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00070+10.0%-10.8%
Detached£345,50010+50.2%+23.4%
Semi-detached£276,25012+33.5%+38.1%
Terraced£173,75044+12.8%+44.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£190,000
Oldham£212,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£29,960±£4,295 · #6,409 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,983
Price-to-income ?6.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Failsworth West 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).

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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

New Moston (Manchester) Failsworth South Failsworth East Newton Heath (Manchester) Chadderton South West Moston West (Manchester)

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