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Lime Side & Garden Suburb

Oldham · North West · population 7,804 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode M35 · OL8

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,476 of 6,856 in England
  • #819 of 932 in North West
  • #25 of 34 in Oldham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,754
Median age (est.)34
Density4,910per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above20%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 13%25–44 26%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 43%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 22%Other: 12%
One person 26%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 22%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 13% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 10%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 82%Asian 10%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 39% · Muslim 9%

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

Lime Side & Garden Suburb is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,476 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 34 in Oldham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (67) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 60% in five years (from 50 sales), in line with the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,558 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,442
Employment 4 · #6,558
Education 5 · #6,538
Health 8 · #6,270
Crime 3 · #6,654
Housing & access 67 · #2,260
Living environment 48 · #3,597

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +6.0% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,00050+6.0%+60.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£237,00021+11.3%+49.1%
Terraced£195,00025+21.9%+59.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£220,000
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)£30,558±£4,559 · #6,291 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,631
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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

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