Housing in OL7 9QH
What the homes in OL7 9QH are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Ashton Waterloo
- Council
- Tameside
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,495 (2024)
OL7 9QHAshton-under-Lyne
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (32.6%). Flats make up 38.6%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
47.8% of households in the OL7 9QH area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 13% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 26% own outright and 21.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned47.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.4%1%
- Private rented13%20.5%
- Social rented38.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 52.9% 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 66 or over (28.6%). 17.8% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Tameside
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Tameside (August 2026, +5.2% 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 OL7 9QH (Ashton Waterloo) (about 1,495 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.