Electoral wardE05014646
Alexandra ward, Oldham
Alexandra is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,263 residents in 4,715 households — 3,015 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 202114,263council ward average 12,104
Households4,7153.03 residents per household
Density3,015/ km²about 4.73 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+8.9%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 29.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–49.4% · 1,334
5–910.2% · 1,450
10–1510.3% · 1,469
16–196.4% · 917
20–247.0% · 995
25–3413.4% · 1,907
35–4920.6% · 2,941
50–6413.9% · 1,982
65–744.9% · 704
75–843.0% · 432
85+0.9% · 127
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.0% · 1,836
1 car or van40.7% · 1,916
2 cars or vans15.3% · 720
3 or more5.1% · 238
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright18.2% · 860
With mortgage18.6% · 879
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented41.1% · 1,940
Private rented21.1% · 995
Lives rent free0.6% · 30
Type of home
Detached house9.7% · 456
Semi-detached house29.7% · 1,399
Terraced house42.6% · 2,006
Purpose-built flat16.3% · 767
Converted house0.7% · 31
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.9% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014646- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
CColdhurst7.8% aged 65+ · 33.1% owned16,741CCrompton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,322RRoyton North24.3% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,042RRoyton South21.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,931SSaddleworth North25.6% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned10,261SSaddleworth South25.9% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned9,126SSaddleworth West & Lees21.0% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned12,149SShaw20.7% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned10,045SSt James'12.9% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned13,264SSt Mary's8.8% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned13,672WWaterhead11.9% aged 65+ · 52.3% owned13,799
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.