Electoral wardE05014649
Chadderton South ward, Oldham
Chadderton South is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,272 residents in 5,092 households — 2,408 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.
Residents, 202112,272council ward average 12,104
Households5,0922.41 residents per household
Density2,408/ km²about 5.10 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+16.2%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 760
5–96.4% · 781
10–157.5% · 920
16–194.5% · 548
20–245.9% · 725
25–3414.7% · 1,807
35–4919.0% · 2,337
50–6419.6% · 2,409
65–749.4% · 1,149
75–844.9% · 598
85+2.0% · 247
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.5% · 1,296
1 car or van45.5% · 2,317
2 cars or vans23.0% · 1,173
3 or more6.0% · 306
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright32.1% · 1,636
With mortgage32.3% · 1,646
Shared ownership0.6% · 31
Social rented17.1% · 869
Private rented17.5% · 892
Lives rent free0.3% · 16
Type of home
Detached house7.4% · 375
Semi-detached house48.3% · 2,461
Terraced house35.7% · 1,816
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 383
Converted house0.5% · 23
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.5% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014649- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
CChadderton Central14.6% aged 65+ · 51.8% owned12,263CChadderton North21.4% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned10,058CColdhurst7.8% 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.