New Delph, Dobcross & Austerlands

Oldham · North West · population 6,549 · 4 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,712 of 6,856 in England
  • #199 of 932 in North West
  • #2 of 34 in Oldham
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,483
Median age (est.)49
Density573per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above45%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 2%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

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 61% · No religion 32% · 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

New Delph, Dobcross & Austerlands is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,712 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 34 in Oldham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (96) but weak on Living environment (13). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 113 sales), 39% above the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £42,035 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 96 · #272
Employment 90 · #690
Education 94 · #430
Health 77 · #1,568
Crime 55 · #3,090
Housing & access 18 · #5,605
Living environment 13 · #5,989

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=113
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,000113+1.5%+10.8%
Detached£550,00031+11.1%+35.8%
Semi-detached£273,50026-10.9%+9.4%
Terraced£246,50044-12.0%+17.4%
Flat£235,00012+6.8%+2.7%
This area£295,000
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)£42,035±£5,911 · #2,839 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,122
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering New Delph, Dobcross & Austerlands 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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