What's the median rent in Failsworth East?

The median monthly rent across Failsworth East is £910.

How well-connected is Failsworth East?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 25 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Failsworth East?

There are 21 schools within 2 km of Failsworth East, of which 33% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2578 m away.

What is the council tax band in Failsworth East?

The most common council tax band in Failsworth East is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,909. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Failsworth East to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Failsworth East to central London is approximately 154 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Failsworth East?

100% of premises in Failsworth East are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Failsworth East?

Failsworth East sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Failsworth East?

62% of households in Failsworth East are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Failsworth East?

The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Failsworth East) is approximately £211,734, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Failsworth East a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.38 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,124.)

Which local areas are part of Failsworth East?

Failsworth East contains 5 local areas: Oldham 031C, Oldham 031E, Oldham 031B, Oldham 031D, Oldham 031A.

What is the average rent in Failsworth East?

The estimated median monthly rent in Failsworth East is £910. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

What schools are near Failsworth East?

33% of schools within 2 km of Failsworth East are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Failsworth East?

Public-transport commute time from Failsworth East to central London is approximately 154 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Failsworth East different from the rest of Oldham?

Failsworth East contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Failsworth East rank in Oldham?

Failsworth East scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Oldham, see the Cities table on the Oldham page.

Neighbourhood · Oldham · North West

Failsworth East

Oldham 031 · 5 sub-areas · 7,679 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Solo renters (69/100)Watch-out: Families (47/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Failsworth East is a commuter neighbourhood within Oldham — train into Manchester runs in around 25 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.

Median rent

£910+11.8%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

—

GM via IMD proxy

Best hub commute

25 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

33%

21 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

85/100

Top quartile

Population

7,679

5 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Failsworth East?

A snapshot of Failsworth East

Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £910 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Failsworth East in Oldham

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £910 a month — 17% below the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band A.

Median rentCouncil area

£910/mo

Up 11.8% on last year

−£190 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£1,069/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,909/yr · £159/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

2.9 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−42% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £848/mo · £424/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£679/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£848/mo£424/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£1,029/mo£343/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£1,409/mo£352/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£782/mo

Terraced house£892/mo

Semi-detached£1,006/mo

Detached house£1,310/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

45%

of take-home

£910/mo per person · take-home £2,041/moTight but workable

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

21%

of take-home

£424/mo per person · take-home £2,041/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

17%

of take-home

£343/mo per person · take-home £2,041/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

22%

of take-home

£455/mo per person · take-home £2,041/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£876/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£166,500

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£211,7343.5% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£876/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)6.1%

Years to save 10% deposit2.9 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,602/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,602/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,909/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B0%

Households in fuel poverty13.0%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Failsworth East?

Safety data is being processed for this neighbourhood.

Crime / 1k / yr

—

Safety scoreHow? →

—

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

2/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

NoteCrime metrics for Greater Manchester are not published to data.police.uk following GMP's 2020 iOPS migration. The displayed crime score is a proxy derived from the IMD 2019 Crime Domain (national percentile rank, inverted). Treat as indicative only.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

No breakdown data available.

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Failsworth East

Strong transport links — 97/100; nearest rail station is Moston at around 2012 m; 58 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 25 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

97/100

Best 5% nationally

Best hub commute

25 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

24%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Moston

2.0 km walk · 25 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Hollinwood

613 m walk · Manchester Metrolink

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 25 min

Londonapprox

154 min

Manchester

25 min

Birminghamapprox

122 min

Leeds

112 min

Liverpoolapprox

69 min

Bristolapprox

219 min

Sheffieldapprox

83 min

Edinburghapprox

224 min

Glasgowapprox

225 min

Cardiffapprox

221 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)24% work from home

Drive57%Public transport11%Walk / cycle9%Work from home24%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Failsworth East

21 schools within a 2 km radius; around 33% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Laurus Ryecroft, is around 2603 m away.

School scoreHow? →

70/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

7 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

33%

Of all schools within 2 km

−36.7 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Laurus Ryecroft

2.6 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Higher Failsworth Primary School	Community School	Good	385 m
St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	807 m
St John's Church of England Primary School	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	808 m
Co-op Academy Failsworth	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	933 m
Oasis Academy Oldham	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	966 m

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Failsworth East?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs6≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants3≤ 500 m
Cafés2≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety3≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas0≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums0≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets2≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks0≤ 500 m
Playgrounds0≤ 500 m
Gyms3≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)58≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)58≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops2≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Failsworth East right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

47/100

Mixed

Schools (33% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

66/100

Good fit

Transport scores 97/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

66/100

Good fit

Liveability 85/100, safety 0/100 and median rent at £910/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

49/100

Mixed

Healthcare proximity, greenspace and the over-65 share fall below what most retirees prioritise here.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

64/100

Good fit

Gross yield 6.1%, capital growth +3.5% YoY, 21% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

69/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is decent (21% PRS), 31% of households are single-person, and transit is on the doorstep.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: 21% degree-educated, below the national average.

Age profile

Under 1821%18–3423%35–4917%50–6420%65+17%

Tenure

Owned62%Private rent21%Social rent9%

Households

One person31%Couple with children16%Lone parent16%Other5%

Property types

Flat2%Terraced52%Semi-detached34%Detached3%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 17/100

Ethnic group

White91%Asian2%Black3%Mixed2%Other1%

Country of birth

UK-born91%Born outside UK9%

Religion

Christian53%Muslim3%No religion31%Other1%

Education and health21% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)21.0%−12.5 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications22.3%

Self-rated good or very good health77.9%

Self-rated bad or very bad health7.1%

Disabled (Equality Act)20.8%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.38 jobs per resident); median resident salary £29,124/year; 6.6% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£29,124/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

7.6%

ONS ILO method — 62% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

103,000

0.38 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 7.6% · 62% economically active · 40% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 7.6% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed57%Unemployed5%Inactive40%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 6.6% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Health & social

Health & social

24.4%

Retail & hospitality

21.9%

Education

9.6%

Manufacturing

10.6%

Professional

4.0%

Construction

6.2%

Tech & ICT

1.6%

Finance

0.5%

Net commute flow: +91,523 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Failsworth East

5 sub-areas and 199 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Oldham 031C	£910	85	—	97	View →
Oldham 031E	£910	85	—	97	View →
Oldham 031B	£910	85	—	86	View →
Oldham 031D	£910	85	—	99	View →
Oldham 031A	£910	85	—	96	View →

Postcodes covered

In Oldham 031C

M35 9AB M35 9AD M35 9AE M35 9AG M35 9AJ M35 9AL M35 9AN M35 9AP M35 9AQ M35 9AW M35 9AX M35 9AY M35 9BA M35 9BB M35 9BE M35 9BF M35 9BH M35 9BJ M35 9BL M35 9BN M35 9BP M35 9BQ M35 9BR M35 9BS M35 9BU M35 9BW M35 9BZ M35 9DG M35 9DL M35 9DN M35 9DP M35 9DQ M35 9DS M35 9DT M35 9DU M35 9DW M35 9DY M35 9DZ M35 9EB M35 9ED M35 9EG M35 9EJ M35 9EL M35 9EP M35 9ET M35 9EW M35 9EX M35 9FB M35 9FD M35 9FE M35 9FH M35 9FJ M35 9XB OL3 7JL

In Oldham 031A

M35 9AS M35 9AT M35 9EE M35 9EF M35 9EN M35 9FF M35 9FL M35 9FP M35 9HG M35 9HN M35 9HP M35 9JJ M35 9LE M35 9LF M35 9LG M35 9LJ M35 9LL M35 9LN M35 9LP M35 9LQ M35 9LR M35 9LS M35 9LT M35 9LU M35 9LW M35 9LY M35 9LZ M35 9NY OL8 3RB OL8 4EH OL9 7AA OL9 7JT

In Oldham 031B

M35 9EA M35 9ER M35 9FA M35 9HJ M35 9HR M35 9HS M35 9HT M35 9HW M35 9HX M35 9HY M35 9HZ M35 9JA M35 9JB M35 9JE M35 9JF M35 9JR M35 9JS M35 9JT M35 9JU M35 9JX M35 9JY M35 9JZ M35 9LA M35 9LB M35 9LD M35 9LH M35 9PP M35 9PQ M35 9PW M35 9RR

In Oldham 031E

OL8 3LU OL8 3LZ OL8 3NB OL8 3PH OL8 3PL OL8 3PN OL8 3PR OL8 3PS OL8 3PT OL8 3PU OL8 3PW OL8 3PX OL8 3PY OL8 3PZ OL8 3QJ OL8 3RG OL8 3RJ OL8 3RN OL8 3RQ OL8 3SU OL8 3SX OL8 3SY OL8 3TB OL8 3TD OL8 3UR OL8 3XD OL8 4QJ OL8 4QL OL8 4QN OL8 4SA

In Oldham 031D

OL8 3PP OL8 3QA OL8 3QB OL8 3QD OL8 3QE OL8 3QF OL8 3QG OL8 3QH OL8 3QL OL8 3QP OL8 3QQ OL8 3QR OL8 4QE OL8 4QF OL8 4QP OL8 4QR OL8 4QS OL8 4QT OL8 4QU OL8 4QW OL8 4QX OL8 4RB OL8 4RD OL8 4RE OL8 4RF OL8 4RG OL8 4RH OL8 4RQ OL8 4SE OL8 4SF OL8 4SG OL8 4SH OL8 4SJ OL8 4SL OL8 4SN OL8 4SQ OL8 4SR OL8 4SS OL8 4ST OL8 4SU OL9 7LG OL9 7LH OL9 7LP OL9 7LS OL9 7LU OL9 7LX OL9 7LY OL9 7NE OL9 7NG OL9 7PH OL9 7PN OL9 7PP OL9 7PS

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Failsworth East?: The median monthly rent across Failsworth East is £910.
How safe is Failsworth East?: Failsworth East has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Failsworth East?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 25 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Failsworth East?: There are 21 schools within 2 km of Failsworth East, of which 33% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2578 m away.
What is the council tax band in Failsworth East?: The most common council tax band in Failsworth East is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,909. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Failsworth East to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Failsworth East to central London is approximately 154 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Failsworth East?: 100% of premises in Failsworth East are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Failsworth East?: Failsworth East sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Failsworth East?: 62% of households in Failsworth East are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Failsworth East?: The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Failsworth East) is approximately £211,734, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Failsworth East a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.38 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £29,124.)
Which local areas are part of Failsworth East?: Failsworth East contains 5 local areas: Oldham 031C, Oldham 031E, Oldham 031B, Oldham 031D, Oldham 031A.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Failsworth East

Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.

What is the average rent in Failsworth East?: The estimated median monthly rent in Failsworth East is £910. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
What schools are near Failsworth East?: 33% of schools within 2 km of Failsworth East are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Failsworth East?: Public-transport commute time from Failsworth East to central London is approximately 154 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Failsworth East different from the rest of Oldham?: Failsworth East contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Failsworth East rank in Oldham?: Failsworth East scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Oldham, see the Cities table on the Oldham page.

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