Wood End

Oldham · North West · population 5,662 · 4 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,174 of 6,856 in England
  • #578 of 932 in North West
  • #16 of 34 in Oldham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,678
Median age (est.)43
Density3,733per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above23%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 19%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary12%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 33% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Wood End is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,174 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 34 in Oldham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (58) and lowest on Living environment (16). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 77 sales), 6% below the wider Oldham median of £212,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,509 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 34 · #4,543
Employment 22 · #5,372
Education 37 · #4,317
Health 20 · #5,468
Crime 19 · #5,544
Housing & access 58 · #2,884
Living environment 16 · #5,729

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +15.8% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00077+15.8%+39.9%
Detached£403,1226+80.0%+49.3%
Semi-detached£232,00037+16.0%+34.5%
Terraced£160,00034+8.5%+44.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£200,000
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)£30,509±£4,259 · #6,296 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,683
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Wood End 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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