Springhead & Grasscroft

Oldham · North West · population 6,105 · 4 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,377 of 6,856 in England
  • #270 of 932 in North West
  • #4 of 34 in Oldham
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,065
Median age (est.)48
Density2,207per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · 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

Springhead & Grasscroft is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,377 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 34 in Oldham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (78) and lowest on Living environment (33). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 78 sales), 29% above the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £37,695 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 78 · #1,513
Employment 63 · #2,562
Education 73 · #1,849
Health 52 · #3,254
Crime 61 · #2,672
Housing & access 34 · #4,502
Living environment 33 · #4,605

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · -6.0% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,00078-6.0%+15.5%
Detached£480,00019-5.5%+17.1%
Semi-detached£300,00031+18.6%+23.7%
Terraced£190,00021+15.2%+45.0%
Flat£200,0007
This area£275,000
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)£37,695±£5,271 · #4,145 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,671
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Springhead & Grasscroft 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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