Lees & Hey

Oldham · North West · population 5,890 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,941 of 6,856 in England
  • #537 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 34 in Oldham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,991
Median age (est.)41
Density4,253per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 15%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 16%Other: 13%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 16%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 32% · Muslim 3%

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

Lees & Hey is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,941 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 34 in Oldham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (52) and lowest on Crime (19). Typical homes here, about £208,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 45% in five years (from 79 sales), in line with the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £33,291 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,282
Employment 26 · #5,098
Education 38 · #4,276
Health 26 · #5,105
Crime 19 · #5,544
Housing & access 52 · #3,302
Living environment 26 · #5,064

House prices ?

£208,000median (12m) · +9.8% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£208,00079+9.8%+44.7%
Detached£462,5007+43.4%
Semi-detached£250,00027+10.1%+31.6%
Terraced£170,00039+2.4%+33.6%
Flat£144,9756+26.1%
This area£208,000
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)£33,291±£4,689 · #5,577 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,677
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lees & Hey 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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