Electoral wardE05014653
Failsworth West ward, Oldham
Failsworth West is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,893 residents in 5,101 households — 2,800 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Manchester Central constituency.
Residents, 202111,893council ward average 12,104
Households5,1012.33 residents per household
Density2,800/ km²about 4.25 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+18.2%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 683
5–96.3% · 751
10–157.3% · 867
16–194.3% · 517
20–245.6% · 667
25–3414.6% · 1,736
35–4917.3% · 2,053
50–6420.6% · 2,452
65–749.1% · 1,084
75–846.8% · 814
85+2.3% · 270
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.4% · 1,448
1 car or van44.0% · 2,244
2 cars or vans22.2% · 1,134
3 or more5.4% · 273
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright32.5% · 1,657
With mortgage31.6% · 1,611
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented17.7% · 902
Private rented18.0% · 916
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house9.3% · 477
Semi-detached house54.9% · 2,803
Terraced house26.6% · 1,356
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 383
Converted house0.4% · 20
Other conversion0.5% · 23
Above shop / office0.7% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014653- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
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.