Electoral wardE05014660
Saddleworth West & Lees ward, Oldham
Saddleworth West & Lees is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,149 residents in 5,316 households — 3,940 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 202112,149council ward average 12,104
Households5,3162.29 residents per household
Density3,940/ km²about 3.08 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+21.0%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 684
5–95.6% · 681
10–157.0% · 851
16–194.0% · 491
20–244.9% · 599
25–3412.4% · 1,500
35–4918.1% · 2,194
50–6421.3% · 2,591
65–7411.3% · 1,371
75–847.2% · 873
85+2.5% · 307
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.4% · 1,081
1 car or van43.4% · 2,303
2 cars or vans28.0% · 1,488
3 or more8.3% · 440
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright37.1% · 1,973
With mortgage34.2% · 1,821
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented12.4% · 661
Private rented15.9% · 843
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house16.4% · 871
Semi-detached house34.2% · 1,816
Terraced house40.0% · 2,125
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 394
Converted house0.5% · 25
Other conversion0.9% · 48
Above shop / office0.7% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014660- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 South25.9% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned9,126SShaw20.7% 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.