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Electoral wardE05014654

Hollinwood ward, Oldham

Hollinwood is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,711 residents in 4,936 households — 4,495 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.

Residents, 202112,711council ward average 12,104
Households4,9362.58 residents per household
Density4,495/ km²about 2.83 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+13.3%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 25.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 905
5–98.2% · 1,046
10–1510.0% · 1,277
16–195.7% · 724
20–246.2% · 790
25–3413.8% · 1,760
35–4918.3% · 2,328
50–6417.3% · 2,198
65–748.1% · 1,028
75–844.0% · 512
85+1.2% · 148

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.6% · 1,707
1 car or van43.5% · 2,146
2 cars or vans17.6% · 870
3 or more4.3% · 212
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.

Owned outright22.4% · 1,106
With mortgage21.5% · 1,062
Shared ownership0.1% · 7
Social rented37.2% · 1,837
Private rented18.5% · 911
Lives rent free0.3% · 14

Type of home

Detached house8.7% · 431
Semi-detached house43.6% · 2,150
Terraced house36.7% · 1,812
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 486
Converted house0.4% · 20
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.5% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.