Werneth

Oldham · North West · population 7,802 · 4 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,627 of 6,856 in England
  • #855 of 932 in North West
  • #29 of 34 in Oldham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,691
Median age (est.)29
Density9,461per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above21%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 29%15–24 16%25–44 30%45–64 17%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 29%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 17%Other: 18%
One person 23%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 17%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 18% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant18%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional10%
Associate professional8%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 18%Asian: 69%Black: 7%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 18%Asian 69%Black 7%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 70% · Christian 16% · No religion 7%

Born outside the UK: 38%

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

Werneth is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,627 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #29 of 34 in Oldham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (15) and lowest on Income (2). Typical homes here sold for about £156,500 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 28 sales), 26% below the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,744 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 2 · #6,716
Employment 6 · #6,421
Education 4 · #6,579
Health 15 · #5,811
Crime 7 · #6,346
Housing & access 13 · #5,941
Living environment 8 · #6,332

House prices ?

£156,500median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=28
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£156,50028+4.3%+20.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£140,00023+20.7%+27.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£156,500
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)£35,744±£5,948 · #4,800 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£20,525
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Werneth 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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