Electoral wardE05014652
Failsworth East ward, Oldham
Failsworth East is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,162 residents in 4,257 households — 3,754 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Central and Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituencies.
Residents, 20219,162council ward average 12,104
Households4,2572.15 residents per household
Density3,754/ km²about 2.44 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+21.2%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 433
5–94.7% · 432
10–156.8% · 622
16–194.0% · 367
20–245.4% · 498
25–3413.6% · 1,246
35–4916.9% · 1,549
50–6422.6% · 2,070
65–7410.3% · 944
75–848.5% · 782
85+2.4% · 219
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.7% · 1,224
1 car or van45.0% · 1,917
2 cars or vans20.4% · 870
3 or more5.9% · 250
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright33.5% · 1,423
With mortgage29.2% · 1,241
Shared ownership0.0% · 2
Social rented16.9% · 719
Private rented20.3% · 862
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house7.4% · 313
Semi-detached house40.1% · 1,706
Terraced house42.6% · 1,813
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 342
Converted house0.9% · 37
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.8% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014652- Constituency
- Manchester Central, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
CChadderton 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% owned16,741CCrompton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,322FFailsworth West18.2% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned11,893HHollinwood13.3% 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.