Oldham
8 datasets are currently published for Oldham. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Oldham compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 21st of 361 (40.8 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 264th of 318 (shared with 6 other local authority districts) (£195,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 52nd of 132 (18.9%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Oldham: 10,275, July 2026 (+1.6% year on year, from 10,110). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Oldham: 117.2, June 2026 (+5.1% year on year, from 111.5). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Oldham: £195,000, Q2 2026 (+5.4% year on year, from £185,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Oldham: 18.9%, 2024/25 (-2.9 percentage points year on year, from 21.8%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Oldham: 8, Q1 2026 (-11.1% year on year, from 9). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Oldham: 251,915, 2025 (+0.5% year on year, from 250,725). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Oldham: 199, 2025 (-7.9% year on year, from 216). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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