Electoral wardE05014651
Crompton ward, Oldham
Crompton is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,322 residents in 4,591 households — 2,115 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth and Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituencies.
Residents, 202110,322council ward average 12,104
Households4,5912.25 residents per household
Density2,115/ km²about 4.88 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+25.2%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 460
5–95.5% · 565
10–156.8% · 704
16–193.8% · 395
20–244.5% · 461
25–3410.4% · 1,070
35–4916.6% · 1,711
50–6422.9% · 2,360
65–7413.2% · 1,360
75–849.6% · 990
85+2.4% · 248
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.1% · 878
1 car or van45.6% · 2,093
2 cars or vans27.8% · 1,277
3 or more7.4% · 340
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright45.1% · 2,071
With mortgage31.2% · 1,431
Shared ownership0.4% · 18
Social rented10.1% · 464
Private rented13.2% · 605
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house19.0% · 871
Semi-detached house47.0% · 2,155
Terraced house26.3% · 1,204
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 303
Converted house0.7% · 30
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014651- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Shaw and Crompton
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% owned12,272CColdhurst7.8% aged 65+ · 33.1% owned16,741FFailsworth 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.