Electoral wardE05014662
St James' ward, Oldham
St James' is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,264 residents in 5,199 households — 2,460 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 202113,264council ward average 12,104
Households5,1992.55 residents per household
Density2,460/ km²about 5.39 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+12.9%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 24.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 992
5–98.0% · 1,066
10–159.0% · 1,189
16–194.8% · 631
20–245.4% · 717
25–3414.8% · 1,966
35–4919.4% · 2,573
50–6418.3% · 2,424
65–747.6% · 1,005
75–844.1% · 540
85+1.2% · 162
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.4% · 1,423
1 car or van41.3% · 2,148
2 cars or vans24.7% · 1,285
3 or more6.5% · 340
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright24.2% · 1,257
With mortgage32.4% · 1,682
Shared ownership0.6% · 30
Social rented25.7% · 1,338
Private rented17.0% · 885
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house14.9% · 777
Semi-detached house38.2% · 1,986
Terraced house39.0% · 2,028
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 345
Converted house0.5% · 28
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.5% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014662- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 20
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% owned12,149SShaw20.7% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned10,045SSt 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.