Electoral wardE05014647
Chadderton Central ward, Oldham
Chadderton Central is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,263 residents in 4,718 households — 5,038 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.
Residents, 202112,263council ward average 12,104
Households4,7182.6 residents per household
Density5,038/ km²about 2.43 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+14.6%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 24.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.7% · 828
5–97.9% · 970
10–159.9% · 1,210
16–196.0% · 740
20–246.2% · 757
25–3413.1% · 1,607
35–4920.3% · 2,492
50–6415.3% · 1,879
65–747.6% · 935
75–844.9% · 607
85+2.0% · 245
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.9% · 1,601
1 car or van44.3% · 2,090
2 cars or vans17.3% · 814
3 or more4.5% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright24.4% · 1,150
With mortgage27.4% · 1,295
Shared ownership0.7% · 32
Social rented26.8% · 1,264
Private rented20.3% · 957
Lives rent free0.5% · 24
Type of home
Detached house5.7% · 268
Semi-detached house29.8% · 1,404
Terraced house48.6% · 2,293
Purpose-built flat15.0% · 708
Converted house0.5% · 25
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014647- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 20
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CChadderton North21.4% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned10,058CChadderton South16.2% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned12,272CColdhurst7.8% aged 65+ · 33.1% owned16,741CCrompton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,322FFailsworth East21.2% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,162HHollinwood13.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned12,711MMedlock Vale10.5% aged 65+ · 52.8% owned15,013RRoyton North24.3% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,042RRoyton South21.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,931WWerneth8.1% aged 65+ · 48.9% owned14,091
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.