Holt Lane End & Bardsley

Oldham · North West · population 5,740 · 4 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,433 of 6,856 in England
  • #479 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 34 in Oldham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,802
Median age (est.)48
Density1,197per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above21%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 11%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 22%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 65% · No religion 28% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Holt Lane End & Bardsley is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,433 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 34 in Oldham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (62) and lowest on Crime (18). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 68 sales), 13% above the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £32,651 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 44 · #3,871
Employment 29 · #4,879
Education 31 · #4,735
Health 30 · #4,803
Crime 18 · #5,585
Housing & access 62 · #2,630
Living environment 46 · #3,720

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00068+4.3%+32.2%
Detached£415,00015+30.7%+33.9%
Semi-detached£233,50028+8.1%+25.5%
Terraced£206,00024-10.4%+36.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£240,000
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)£32,651±£4,685 · #5,789 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,390
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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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