Research and statistics about Oldham

Oldham Profile

Oldham In Profile is our overview report on Oldham, containing summaries of Oldham’s history, people, economy, health, education and more. This document has now been updated for 2017.

• Oldham In Profile 2017 (Word format)
• Oldham In Profile 2017 (PDF format)

We recommend Word format if you would like to reuse information in other documents. However, there can be issues with earlier versions of Word, hence the PDF version is also supplied.

Oldham’s Economy

• Quarterly Economic Bulletin
• Monthly Labour Market Report

Oldham’s Local Economic Assessment

The definitive economic research statement on Oldham is in three sections

• Business, Enterprise and Competitiveness
• Labour Market
• Transport and Business Connectivity

Wards and Districts

Ward profiles for each area can be found on our neighbourhood pages

There is also a spreadsheet containing the profile data:

• Ward profile data 

Oldham’s People

For definitive facts and figures, we have produced a series of census 2011 reports

• Census key statistics
• Census ward level estimates: report
• Census ward level estimates: spreadsheet
• Census Ethnicity report

We also produce a bi- or tri-annual You And Your Community Survey, which gives more insights into Oldham’s people:

• You and your community survey

Poverty and Inequality

• Briefing on the 2015 indices of deprivation
• Further briefing on the 2015 indices of deprivation, ward level and maps

Health

The latest health analysis about Oldham:

• Oldham Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

Basic Maps

• A3 ward map