Electoral wardE05014659
Saddleworth South ward, Oldham
Saddleworth South is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,126 residents in 3,961 households — 283 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 20219,126council ward average 12,104
Households3,9612.3 residents per household
Density283/ km²about 32.24 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+25.9%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 354
5–95.1% · 466
10–157.1% · 650
16–194.3% · 393
20–243.8% · 350
25–347.7% · 702
35–4919.1% · 1,741
50–6423.1% · 2,105
65–7414.4% · 1,315
75–848.9% · 815
85+2.6% · 236
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 554
1 car or van39.2% · 1,552
2 cars or vans35.8% · 1,420
3 or more11.0% · 435
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright47.3% · 1,873
With mortgage34.2% · 1,351
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented6.9% · 273
Private rented11.5% · 456
Type of home
Detached house28.0% · 1,110
Semi-detached house34.6% · 1,372
Terraced house26.4% · 1,045
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 294
Converted house0.8% · 32
Other conversion2.0% · 79
Above shop / office0.6% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014659- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 19 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 North25.6% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned10,261SSaddleworth 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.