Electoral wardE05014661
Shaw ward, Oldham
Shaw is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,045 residents in 4,505 households — 1,414 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 202110,045council ward average 12,104
Households4,5052.23 residents per household
Density1,414/ km²about 7.11 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+20.7%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 532
5–95.7% · 571
10–157.0% · 703
16–193.8% · 387
20–245.2% · 527
25–3412.6% · 1,262
35–4918.3% · 1,839
50–6421.3% · 2,146
65–7411.5% · 1,156
75–847.1% · 711
85+2.2% · 218
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.9% · 1,212
1 car or van43.2% · 1,946
2 cars or vans23.2% · 1,046
3 or more6.8% · 305
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright32.3% · 1,458
With mortgage29.6% · 1,337
Shared ownership0.6% · 26
Social rented17.8% · 803
Private rented19.5% · 881
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house14.6% · 659
Semi-detached house32.5% · 1,466
Terraced house40.0% · 1,800
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 504
Converted house0.7% · 33
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.6% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014661- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Shaw and Crompton
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% owned9,126SSaddleworth West & Lees21.0% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned12,149SSt 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.