Electoral wardE05014656
Royton North ward, Oldham
Royton North is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,042 residents in 4,444 households — 1,994 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth and Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituencies.
Residents, 202110,042council ward average 12,104
Households4,4442.26 residents per household
Density1,994/ km²about 5.04 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+24.3%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 461
5–95.4% · 539
10–157.3% · 731
16–194.2% · 424
20–244.1% · 412
25–3410.8% · 1,087
35–4917.4% · 1,750
50–6421.8% · 2,192
65–7413.6% · 1,362
75–848.5% · 851
85+2.3% · 226
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.9% · 973
1 car or van42.7% · 1,898
2 cars or vans28.2% · 1,252
3 or more7.2% · 322
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright40.5% · 1,802
With mortgage31.0% · 1,378
Shared ownership0.7% · 32
Social rented16.4% · 729
Private rented11.3% · 503
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house13.2% · 589
Semi-detached house44.6% · 1,985
Terraced house29.5% · 1,311
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 498
Converted house0.4% · 17
Other conversion0.7% · 30
Above shop / office0.4% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014656- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 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% owned16,741CCrompton25.2% 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 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.