Electoral wardE05014663
St Mary's ward, Oldham
St Mary's is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,672 residents in 3,638 households — 6,900 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 202113,672council ward average 12,104
Households3,6383.76 residents per household
Density6,900/ km²about 1.98 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+8.8%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 28.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.5% · 1,164
5–98.8% · 1,203
10–1511.5% · 1,568
16–196.6% · 904
20–247.9% · 1,082
25–3415.8% · 2,155
35–4919.5% · 2,664
50–6412.6% · 1,728
65–745.1% · 699
75–842.5% · 342
85+1.2% · 159
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.0% · 1,128
1 car or van43.0% · 1,567
2 cars or vans18.9% · 687
3 or more7.1% · 260
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright30.0% · 1,090
With mortgage21.7% · 789
Shared ownership0.6% · 23
Social rented24.6% · 895
Private rented22.8% · 828
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house7.1% · 257
Semi-detached house21.6% · 784
Terraced house62.3% · 2,266
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 270
Converted house0.6% · 23
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.6% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014663- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 20
Council offices in this ward
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 James'12.9% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned13,264WWaterhead11.9% 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.