Housing in OL8 2RR
What the homes in OL8 2RR are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Holt Lane End & Bardsley
- Council
- Oldham
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,441 (2024)
OL8 2RROldham
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (35.6%). Flats make up 21.1%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the OL8 2RR area is broadly in line with that, at 57.3%. The private rented sector is well below the national picture, at 11.1% of households against 20.5%. 31.3% own outright and 26% with a mortgage.
- Owned57.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.4%1%
- Private rented11.1%20.5%
- Social rented30%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 34.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is living alone, under 66, at 19.3%. 24.5% 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. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood OL8 2RR sits in (Holt Lane End & Bardsley): about 1,441 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.