Electoral wardE05014657
Royton South ward, Oldham
Royton South is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,931 residents in 4,827 households — 2,715 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth and Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituencies.
Residents, 202110,931council ward average 12,104
Households4,8272.26 residents per household
Density2,715/ km²about 4.03 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+21.6%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 553
5–95.5% · 606
10–157.1% · 775
16–194.1% · 446
20–245.1% · 556
25–3412.3% · 1,340
35–4918.1% · 1,980
50–6421.2% · 2,316
65–7411.5% · 1,261
75–847.7% · 844
85+2.3% · 256
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.6% · 1,138
1 car or van44.8% · 2,160
2 cars or vans25.0% · 1,204
3 or more6.6% · 319
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright37.7% · 1,820
With mortgage34.0% · 1,641
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented12.2% · 587
Private rented15.8% · 762
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house13.6% · 657
Semi-detached house40.3% · 1,944
Terraced house32.6% · 1,572
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 605
Converted house0.2% · 12
Other conversion0.3% · 13
Above shop / office0.4% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014657- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 20
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 North24.3% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,042SSaddleworth 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.