Electoral wardE05014664
Waterhead ward, Oldham
Waterhead is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,799 residents in 5,051 households — 5,738 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.
Residents, 202113,799council ward average 12,104
Households5,0512.73 residents per household
Density5,738/ km²about 2.40 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+11.9%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 26.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.6% · 1,186
5–98.5% · 1,177
10–159.1% · 1,263
16–195.5% · 764
20–245.5% · 765
25–3414.4% · 1,983
35–4920.0% · 2,760
50–6416.4% · 2,262
65–747.2% · 990
75–843.5% · 484
85+1.3% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.5% · 1,795
1 car or van40.3% · 2,036
2 cars or vans18.9% · 953
3 or more5.3% · 269
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright23.7% · 1,196
With mortgage28.7% · 1,450
Shared ownership0.7% · 34
Social rented23.5% · 1,189
Private rented23.1% · 1,169
Lives rent free0.4% · 18
Type of home
Detached house11.1% · 559
Semi-detached house22.3% · 1,127
Terraced house49.4% · 2,491
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 772
Converted house0.7% · 37
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office1.0% · 51
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014664- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 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 James'12.9% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned13,264SSt Mary's8.8% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned13,672
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.