Greenfield & Uppermill

Oldham · North West · population 6,092 · 3 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,794 of 6,856 in England
  • #206 of 932 in North West
  • #3 of 34 in Oldham
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,000
Median age (est.)49
Density218per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above42%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Greenfield & Uppermill is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,794 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 34 in Oldham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here, about £350,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 87 sales), 65% above the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £40,638 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 80 · #1,383
Employment 76 · #1,678
Education 86 · #992
Health 80 · #1,376
Crime 58 · #2,843
Housing & access 23 · #5,256
Living environment 30 · #4,803

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · +9.4% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,00087+9.4%+29.6%
Detached£543,75022+2.1%+28.7%
Semi-detached£367,22026+23.4%+22.6%
Terraced£280,00025+3.7%+24.4%
Flat£202,50014+9.6%+28.6%
This area£350,000
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)£40,638±£5,717 · #3,231 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,939
Price-to-income ?8.6×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Greenfield & Uppermill 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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