Housing in OL2 8HD
What the homes in OL2 8HD are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Wood End
- Council
- Oldham
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,583 (2024)
- Status
- No longer in use
OL2 8HDOldham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (32.2%). Flats make up 33.1%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
46.7% of households in the OL2 8HD area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 11.6% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 22.9% own outright and 23.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned46.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.1%1%
- Private rented11.6%20.5%
- Social rented41.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 41.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (25.1%). 22.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Oldham
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Oldham (August 2026, +12.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around OL2 8HD (Wood End) (about 1,583 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.