What's the median rent in Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

The median monthly rent across Holt Lane End & Bardsley is £910.

How well-connected is Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

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 35 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

There are 15 schools within 2 km of Holt Lane End & Bardsley, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1537 m away.

What is the council tax band in Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

The most common council tax band in Holt Lane End & Bardsley is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,101. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Holt Lane End & Bardsley to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Holt Lane End & Bardsley to central London is approximately 159 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

100% of premises in Holt Lane End & Bardsley are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

Holt Lane End & Bardsley sits in IMD decile 4 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

71% of households in Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Holt Lane End & Bardsley) 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

Holt Lane End & Bardsley contains 4 local areas: Oldham 033B, Oldham 033D, Oldham 033A, Oldham 033C.

What is the average rent in Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

The estimated median monthly rent in Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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.

Is Holt Lane End & Bardsley a safe place to live?

Holt Lane End & Bardsley has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

50% of schools within 2 km of Holt Lane End & Bardsley are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

Public-transport commute time from Holt Lane End & Bardsley to central London is approximately 159 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Holt Lane End & Bardsley different from the rest of Oldham?

Holt Lane End & Bardsley contains 4 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley rank in Oldham?

Holt Lane End & Bardsley scores 78/100 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

Holt Lane End & Bardsley

Oldham 033 · 4 sub-areas · 5,776 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Couples (83/100)Watch-out: Investors / BTL (63/100)Liveability 78/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Holt Lane End & Bardsley is a commuter neighbourhood within Oldham — train into Manchester runs in around 40 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. Most homes are owner-occupied, so turnover is low and many residents have been here a long time.

Median rent

£910+11.8%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

0.7

Best 5% nationally

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

40 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

50%

15 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

78/100

Top quartile

Population

5,776

4 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

A snapshot of Holt Lane End & Bardsley

Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; 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 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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

£1,085/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £2,101/yr · £175/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

4.0 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−21% 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~£1,211/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£230,000

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

Estimated monthly mortgage£1,211/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)4.4%

Years to save 10% deposit4.0 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£2,101/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B0%

Households in fuel poverty7.9%

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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

Safety scores 100/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 145.5× safer than the national average (0.7 per 1,000 residents per year). Crime 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.

Crime / 1k / yr

0.7

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 0 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

100/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

4/10

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.

Violent & sexual offences

0.7 /1k

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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley

Moderate transport links — 64/100; nearest rail station is Ashton-Under-Lyne at around 2811 m; 21 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 40 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

64/100

Above median

Best hub commute

40 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

26%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Ashton-Under-Lyne

2.8 km walk · 40 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Failsworth

1.9 km walk · Manchester Metrolink

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 40 min

Londonapprox

159 min

Manchester

40 min

Birminghamapprox

126 min

Leedsapprox

82 min

Liverpoolapprox

81 min

Bristolapprox

223 min

Sheffieldapprox

87 min

Edinburghapprox

236 min

Glasgowapprox

238 min

Cardiffapprox

225 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)26% work from home

Drive58%Public transport6%Walk / cycle5%Work from home26%

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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley

15 schools within a 2 km radius; around 50% rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest Outstanding school, Laurus Ryecroft, is around 1305 m away.

School scoreHow? →

93/100

Best 10%

Schools within 2 km

9 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

50%

Of all schools within 2 km

−19.6 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Laurus Ryecroft

1.3 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Co-op Academy Failsworth	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	827 m
Holy Family RC Primary School	Academy Sponsor Led	Requires improvement	1.1 km
St John's Church of England Primary School	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	1.2 km
Higher Failsworth Primary School	Community School	Good	1.3 km
Laurus Ryecroft	Free School	Outstanding	1.3 km

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

Daily life

What's actually around Holt Lane End & Bardsley?

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

Pubs0≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants1≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety1≤ 1 km

Going out

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

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks1≤ 500 m
Playgrounds0≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)21≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)21≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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

72/100

Good fit

Schools rate reasonably (50% Good+ within 2 km), owner-occupation is high, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

65/100

Good fit

Transport scores 64/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

83/100

Great fit

Liveability 78/100, safety 100/100 and median rent at £910/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

70/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~1278 m, hospital ~4.5 km), greenspace is walkable, and 22% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

63/100

Good fit

Gross yield 4.4%, capital growth +3.5% YoY, 11% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

66/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is thin (11% PRS), 32% of households are single-person, with transit a short walk away.

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: high owner-occupation (71%), 23% degree-educated, below the national average.

Age profile

Under 1817%18–3418%35–4916%50–6425%65+22%

Tenure

Owned71%Private rent11%Social rent16%

Households

One person32%Couple with children15%Lone parent12%Other4%

Property types

Flat12%Terraced31%Semi-detached41%Detached20%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 12/100

Ethnic group

White94%Asian2%Black2%Mixed2%Other0%

Country of birth

UK-born96%Born outside UK4%

Religion

Christian66%Muslim1%No religion28%Other0%

Education and health23% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)22.8%−10.8 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications23.9%

Self-rated good or very good health79.1%

Self-rated bad or very bad health6.2%

Disabled (Equality Act)19.1%

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)

4.4%

ONS ILO method — 60% 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 4.4% · 60% economically active · 40% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 4.4% — 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.

Employed58%Unemployed3%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: +91,500 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley

4 sub-areas and 136 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Oldham 033B	£910	85	—	81	View →
Oldham 033D	£910	98	100	66	View →
Oldham 033A	£910	71	—	62	View →
Oldham 033C	£910	43	—	53	View →

Postcodes covered

In Oldham 033C

M35 0GJ M35 0GL M35 0GN M35 0GP M35 0GU M35 0GW M35 0GX M35 0QJ M35 0QL M35 0QN M35 0QP M35 0QQ M35 0QW M35 0QY M35 9GE M35 9GG M35 9GN M35 9GP M35 9GQ M35 9GS M35 9GT M35 9NG M35 9NP M35 9NQ M35 9NR M35 9NS M35 9SA M35 9UA M35 9UD M35 9WG M35 9WP M35 9WQ M35 9WR M35 9WU M35 9WZ M35 9YA

In Oldham 033B

M35 0RF M35 0RG M35 0RH M35 0RJ M35 0RL M35 0RN M35 0RP M35 0RQ M35 0RR M35 0RT M35 0RU M35 0RW M35 0SG M35 0SN M35 0SP M35 9FQ M35 9GF M35 9GL M35 9GR M35 9HA M35 9HB M35 9HE M35 9HU M35 9JD M35 9ND M35 9NH M35 9PG M35 9QD M35 9RE M35 9WT M35 9YJ

In Oldham 033A

M35 9AH M35 9FG M35 9HD M35 9HF M35 9HH M35 9HL M35 9HQ M35 9LX M35 9NA M35 9NB M35 9NE M35 9NF M35 9NJ M35 9NL M35 9NN M35 9NT M35 9NU M35 9NW M35 9NX M35 9QG M35 9QH M35 9TJ M35 9WB M35 9WD M35 9WE M35 9WF M35 9WJ M35 9WL M35 9WN M35 9WS M35 9WW M35 9WX M35 9WY

In Oldham 033D

OL8 2RR OL8 2RS OL8 2RT OL8 2TB OL8 2TD OL8 2TE OL8 2TG OL8 2TH OL8 2TJ OL8 2TL OL8 2TN OL8 2TP OL8 2TQ OL8 2TR OL8 2TS OL8 2TT OL8 2TU OL8 2TW OL8 2TX OL8 2TY OL8 2TZ OL8 2UA OL8 2UB OL8 3BY OL8 3HP OL8 3HS OL8 3HT OL8 3HU OL8 3HX OL8 3HZ OL8 3JA OL8 3JD OL8 3JE OL8 3JN OL8 3JP OL8 3JS

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: The median monthly rent across Holt Lane End & Bardsley is £910.
How safe is Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: 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 35 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: There are 15 schools within 2 km of Holt Lane End & Bardsley, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1537 m away.
What is the council tax band in Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: The most common council tax band in Holt Lane End & Bardsley is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,101. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Holt Lane End & Bardsley to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Holt Lane End & Bardsley to central London is approximately 159 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: 100% of premises in Holt Lane End & Bardsley are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: Holt Lane End & Bardsley sits in IMD decile 4 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: 71% of households in Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Holt Lane End & Bardsley) 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: Holt Lane End & Bardsley contains 4 local areas: Oldham 033B, Oldham 033D, Oldham 033A, Oldham 033C.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Holt Lane End & Bardsley

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

What is the average rent in Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: The estimated median monthly rent in Holt Lane End & Bardsley 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.
Is Holt Lane End & Bardsley a safe place to live?: Holt Lane End & Bardsley has a safety score of 100/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: 50% of schools within 2 km of Holt Lane End & Bardsley are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Holt Lane End & Bardsley?: Public-transport commute time from Holt Lane End & Bardsley to central London is approximately 159 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Holt Lane End & Bardsley different from the rest of Oldham?: Holt Lane End & Bardsley contains 4 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley rank in Oldham?: Holt Lane End & Bardsley scores 78/100 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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