Electoral wardE05014650
Coldhurst ward, Oldham
Coldhurst is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 16,741 residents in 5,258 households — 5,870 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth and Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituencies.
Residents, 202116,741council ward average 12,104
Households5,2583.18 residents per household
Density5,870/ km²about 2.85 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+7.8%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 29.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.8% · 1,314
5–99.4% · 1,575
10–1512.4% · 2,082
16–197.3% · 1,222
20–248.0% · 1,346
25–3414.5% · 2,435
35–4920.4% · 3,420
50–6412.2% · 2,040
65–744.4% · 735
75–842.4% · 403
85+1.0% · 173
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van48.2% · 2,536
1 car or van36.6% · 1,927
2 cars or vans11.6% · 611
3 or more3.5% · 185
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright14.6% · 766
With mortgage18.5% · 973
Shared ownership0.7% · 37
Social rented44.3% · 2,327
Private rented21.5% · 1,127
Lives rent free0.4% · 22
Type of home
Detached house4.7% · 246
Semi-detached house16.4% · 865
Terraced house45.7% · 2,406
Purpose-built flat30.7% · 1,616
Converted house0.8% · 42
Other conversion0.5% · 24
Above shop / office1.1% · 60
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014650- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 20
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlexandra8.9% aged 65+ · 36.9% owned14,263CChadderton Central14.6% aged 65+ · 51.8% owned12,263CChadderton North21.4% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned10,058CChadderton South16.2% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned12,272CCrompton25.2% 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% owned10,931SSaddleworth 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% owned10,045
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.