Council tax bands in Oldham

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Oldham has the fourth-largest share of two-bedroom homes (42.0%) and the joint tenth-smallest share of homes built since 2000 (9.8%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the ten councils in Greater Manchester, it has the largest share of terraced houses (43.4%), the smallest share of three-bedroom homes (38.0%) and the largest share of homes built before 1919 (26.5%).

The 1960s and 1970s built the most

The biggest building periods here were from 1965 to 1982 (21.9%), before 1900 (19.6%) and from 1945 to 1964 (16.7%). Some 3,750 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band A). Bands A and B take 45.9% of these newer homes and 70.3% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982, band A for homes built before 1900 and band A for those built from 1945 to 1964. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 500 homes (+0.50%). The busiest single year was 2019, with 540 homes recorded as built.

Two bedrooms is the usual size

Two-bedroom homes are the most common size, then three-bedroom and four-bedroom (9.1%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band A with two, band B with three, band D with four and band D with five. A detached house here has 3.6 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.5. One-bedroom homes make up 9.0%. Homes here average 2.53 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Oldham is terraced houses, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (24.4%), flats and maisonettes (13.0%), bungalows (9.6%) and detached houses (8.9%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band B for semi-detached houses, band A for flats and maisonettes and band A for terraced houses. The widest gap to the rest of the North West is in flats and maisonettes: 5.5 points below the share there (18.5%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Calderdale, followed by Blackburn with Darwen and Burnley.

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 69.4% of the homes in Oldham, and band A on its own accounts for 51.5%. The share in the middle bands, C to E, 27.9%, is 19.7 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the North West it is 34.6%. Within the North West, the band mix closest to this one is that of Tameside. Band H, the top band, holds 80 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Oldham are Middlesbrough (4.8), Derby (5.5) and Bolton (5.8); the furthest within the North West is Ribble Valley (77.0).

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Placed in the North West

On the share of homes in band F or above, Oldham comes 24th of the 35 councils in the North West (joint), just behind Rochdale and just ahead of St Helens. All North West councils.