Oldham postcode area Census 2021

71.5% people are white, 22.0% people are asian, 2.8% people are black.
43.6% are Christian, 28.7% have no religion, 21.6% are Muslim.
42.5% households have 1 car, 26.8% households have no car, 23.7% households have 2 cars.

Oldham population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Oldham postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	22.0%	9.3%
Black	2.8%	4.0%
Mixed	2.3%	2.9%
Other	1.4%	2.1%
White	71.5%	81.7%

Oldham population health

Health	Oldham postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	46.6%	48.4%
good	33.1%	33.6%
average	13.9%	12.7%
poor	5.0%	4.0%
very poor	1.4%	1.2%

Oldham population religion

Religion	Oldham postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.2%	0.5%
Christian	43.6%	46.2%
Hindu	0.7%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	21.6%	6.5%
No answer	4.7%	6.0%
No religion	28.7%	37.2%
Other	0.1%	0.9%
Sikh	0.3%	0.6%

Oldham population economic activity

Economic activity	Oldham postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	43.8%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.4%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	6.7%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.4%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	7.0%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	10.1%	7.3%
Retired	20.0%	21.6%
Student, no work	6.3%	6.3%
Unemployed	3.3%	2.8%

Oldham car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.11 cars per household in Oldham postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Oldham postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	26.8%	23.3%
1 car	42.5%	41.3%
2 cars	23.7%	26.2%
3+ cars	6.9%	9.2%

Oldham household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).