Electoral wardE05014658
Saddleworth North ward, Oldham
Saddleworth North is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,261 residents in 4,536 households — 242 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 202110,261council ward average 12,104
Households4,5362.26 residents per household
Density242/ km²about 42.33 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+25.6%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 441
5–94.8% · 497
10–156.8% · 702
16–194.3% · 437
20–243.7% · 379
25–348.3% · 853
35–4917.9% · 1,841
50–6424.2% · 2,485
65–7414.0% · 1,439
75–848.7% · 896
85+2.9% · 297
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.4% · 562
1 car or van40.1% · 1,819
2 cars or vans35.1% · 1,593
3 or more12.3% · 559
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright45.6% · 2,072
With mortgage33.1% · 1,505
Shared ownership0.6% · 29
Social rented6.5% · 297
Private rented14.0% · 636
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house30.0% · 1,363
Semi-detached house27.4% · 1,243
Terraced house30.9% · 1,402
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 285
Converted house0.9% · 41
Other conversion3.5% · 158
Above shop / office0.6% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014658- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Saddleworth
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlexandra8.9% aged 65+ · 36.9% owned14,263CColdhurst7.8% aged 65+ · 33.1% owned16,741CCrompton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,322RRoyton North24.3% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,042RRoyton South21.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,931SSaddleworth South25.9% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned9,126SSaddleworth West & Lees21.0% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned12,149SShaw20.7% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned10,045SSt James'12.9% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned13,264SSt Mary's8.8% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned13,672WWaterhead11.9% aged 65+ · 52.3% owned13,799
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.