Electoral wardE05014665
Werneth ward, Oldham
Werneth is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,091 residents in 3,882 households — 8,357 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.
Residents, 202114,091council ward average 12,104
Households3,8823.63 residents per household
Density8,357/ km²about 1.69 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+8.1%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 29.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.9% · 1,254
5–98.9% · 1,251
10–1512.0% · 1,687
16–197.2% · 1,009
20–247.8% · 1,095
25–3414.7% · 2,077
35–4920.8% · 2,936
50–6411.7% · 1,645
65–745.0% · 709
75–842.1% · 297
85+1.0% · 139
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.6% · 1,226
1 car or van41.0% · 1,592
2 cars or vans19.9% · 773
3 or more7.5% · 293
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright28.1% · 1,091
With mortgage20.7% · 805
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented27.4% · 1,063
Private rented21.9% · 848
Lives rent free1.5% · 57
Type of home
Detached house10.8% · 420
Semi-detached house23.9% · 926
Terraced house50.3% · 1,953
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 499
Converted house1.2% · 46
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.7% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014665- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
CChadderton Central14.6% aged 65+ · 51.8% owned12,263CChadderton North21.4% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned10,058CChadderton South16.2% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned12,272CColdhurst7.8% aged 65+ · 33.1% owned16,741CCrompton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,322FFailsworth East21.2% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,162HHollinwood13.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned12,711MMedlock Vale10.5% aged 65+ · 52.8% owned15,013RRoyton North24.3% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,042RRoyton South21.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,931
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.