What's the median rent in Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

The median monthly rent across Lime Side & Garden Suburb is £910.

How well-connected is Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

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 37 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

There are 23 schools within 2 km of Lime Side & Garden Suburb, of which 40% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2349 m away.

What is the council tax band in Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

The most common council tax band in Lime Side & Garden Suburb is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,836. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Lime Side & Garden Suburb to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Lime Side & Garden Suburb to central London is approximately 166 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

100% of premises in Lime Side & Garden Suburb are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

Lime Side & Garden Suburb sits in IMD decile 1 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

38% of households in Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Lime Side & Garden Suburb) 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

Lime Side & Garden Suburb contains 5 local areas: Oldham 030B, Oldham 030D, Oldham 030E, Oldham 030A, Oldham 030C.

What is the average rent in Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

The estimated median monthly rent in Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb a safe place to live?

Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

40% of schools within 2 km of Lime Side & Garden Suburb are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

Public-transport commute time from Lime Side & Garden Suburb to central London is approximately 166 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Lime Side & Garden Suburb different from the rest of Oldham?

Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb rank in Oldham?

Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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

Lime Side & Garden Suburb

Oldham 030 · 5 sub-areas · 7,922 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Couples (89/100)Watch-out: Solo renters (64/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood

Lime Side & Garden Suburb is a commuter neighbourhood within Oldham — train into Manchester runs in around 37 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.

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

37 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

40%

23 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

85/100

Top quartile

Population

7,922

5 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

A snapshot of Lime Side & Garden Suburb

2 parks and 2 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; 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.

Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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

£1,063/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,836/yr · £153/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

3.6 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−28% 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~£1,097/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£208,500

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

Estimated monthly mortgage£1,097/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)4.9%

Years to save 10% deposit3.6 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£1,836/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B0%

Households in fuel poverty15.8%

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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

Safety scores 100/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 149.4× 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

1/10

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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb

Strong transport links — 78/100; nearest rail station is Moston at around 2986 m; 51 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 37 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

78/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

37 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

18%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Moston

3.0 km walk · 37 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Hollinwood

1.4 km walk · Manchester Metrolink

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 37 min

Londonapprox

166 min

Manchester

37 min

Birminghamapprox

134 min

Leeds

124 min

Liverpoolapprox

81 min

Bristolapprox

231 min

Sheffieldapprox

95 min

Edinburghapprox

236 min

Glasgowapprox

237 min

Cardiffapprox

233 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)18% work from home

Drive56%Public transport10%Walk / cycle9%Work from home18%

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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb

23 schools within a 2 km radius; around 40% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Laurus Ryecroft, is around 2736 m away.

School scoreHow? →

74/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

9 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

40%

Of all schools within 2 km

−30.0 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Laurus Ryecroft

2.7 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Oasis Academy Limeside	Academy Converter	Requires improvement	83 m
Oasis Academy Oldham	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	513 m
Holy Family RC Primary School	Academy Sponsor Led	Requires improvement	520 m
St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	882 m
Holy Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	Academy Converter	Good	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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

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

Pubs1≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants1≤ 500 m
Cafés1≤ 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
Parks2≤ 500 m
Playgrounds2≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)51≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)51≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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

71/100

Good fit

Schools rate modestly (40% Good+ within 2 km), rental turnover is higher than average, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

71/100

Good fit

Transport scores 78/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

89/100

Great fit

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

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

68/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~479 m, hospital ~3.9 km), greenspace is walkable, and 9% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

65/100

Good fit

Gross yield 4.9%, capital growth +3.5% YoY, 10% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

64/100

Good fit

Private-rental stock is thin (10% PRS), 27% 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: family-aged profile (30% under 18), 20% degree-educated, below the national average.

Age profile

Under 1830%18–3422%35–4918%50–6419%65+9%

Tenure

Owned38%Private rent10%Social rent55%

Households

One person27%Couple with children19%Lone parent24%Other6%

Property types

Flat6%Terraced28%Semi-detached54%Detached7%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 30/100

Ethnic group

White83%Asian7%Black4%Mixed3%Other1%

Country of birth

UK-born88%Born outside UK12%

Religion

Christian45%Muslim7%No religion44%Other1%

Education and health20% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)20.3%−13.2 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications29.3%

Self-rated good or very good health78.0%

Self-rated bad or very bad health7.1%

Disabled (Equality Act)22.0%

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)

9.1%

ONS ILO method — 59% 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 9.1% · 59% economically active · 42% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 9.1% — 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.

Employed53%Unemployed5%Inactive42%

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: +91,512 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb

5 sub-areas and 145 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Oldham 030B	£910	100	100	83	View →
Oldham 030D	£910	85	—	86	View →
Oldham 030E	£910	85	—	74	View →
Oldham 030A	£910	100	100	78	View →
Oldham 030C	£910	16	—	76	View →

Postcodes covered

In Oldham 030C

M35 9AR M35 9SD M35 9UJ M35 9WA M35 9WH M35 9XD M35 9XE M35 9XF M35 9XG M35 9XQ OL8 3BT OL8 3NG OL8 3NL OL8 3NN OL8 3NP OL8 3NQ OL8 3NW OL8 3NZ OL8 3PA OL8 3PB OL8 3PD OL8 3PE OL8 3PF OL8 3PG OL8 3PQ

In Oldham 030E

OL8 3AA OL8 3AB OL8 3AD OL8 3AE OL8 3AF OL8 3AG OL8 3AH OL8 3AJ OL8 3AL OL8 3AN OL8 3AP OL8 3AQ OL8 3AR OL8 3AS OL8 3AT OL8 3AU OL8 3AW OL8 3AX OL8 3AY OL8 3AZ OL8 3BA OL8 3BB OL8 3BD OL8 3BE OL8 3BG OL8 3BH OL8 3BJ OL8 3BQ OL8 3TH OL8 3UQ OL8 4JA OL8 4JB OL8 4JD OL8 4JG

In Oldham 030D

OL8 3BN OL8 3SN OL8 3SP OL8 3SR OL8 3SS OL8 3SW OL8 3TA OL8 3TL OL8 3TN OL8 3TP OL8 3TR OL8 3TS OL8 3TT OL8 3TU OL8 3TW OL8 3TX OL8 3TY OL8 3TZ OL8 3UA OL8 3UB OL8 3UE OL8 3UF OL8 3UH OL8 3UJ OL8 3UN OL8 3UP OL8 3UT OL8 3UU OL8 3UW OL8 3UX OL8 3UY OL8 3XB OL8 4JL OL8 4JP OL8 4JR OL8 4JT OL8 4JU OL8 4JZ OL8 4LB OL8 4LD OL8 4LE OL8 4PW

In Oldham 030A

OL8 3BS OL8 3BW OL8 3HH OL8 3HJ OL8 3JH OL8 3JJ OL8 3JL OL8 3JQ OL8 3JT OL8 3JU OL8 3JY OL8 3JZ OL8 3LA OL8 3LB OL8 3LE OL8 3LF OL8 3LG OL8 3LH OL8 3LL OL8 3LN OL8 3LQ OL8 3UD OL8 3UL

In Oldham 030B

OL8 3LJ OL8 3LR OL8 3LS OL8 3LT OL8 3NA OL8 3RT OL8 3RU OL8 3RX OL8 3RY OL8 3RZ OL8 3SA OL8 3SB OL8 3SD OL8 3SE OL8 3SF OL8 3SG OL8 3SH OL8 3SJ OL8 3SL OL8 3SQ OL8 3ST

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: The median monthly rent across Lime Side & Garden Suburb is £910.
How safe is Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: 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 37 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: There are 23 schools within 2 km of Lime Side & Garden Suburb, of which 40% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2349 m away.
What is the council tax band in Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: The most common council tax band in Lime Side & Garden Suburb is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,836. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Lime Side & Garden Suburb to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Lime Side & Garden Suburb to central London is approximately 166 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: 100% of premises in Lime Side & Garden Suburb are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: Lime Side & Garden Suburb sits in IMD decile 1 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: 38% of households in Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Lime Side & Garden Suburb) 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: Lime Side & Garden Suburb contains 5 local areas: Oldham 030B, Oldham 030D, Oldham 030E, Oldham 030A, Oldham 030C.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Lime Side & Garden Suburb

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What is the average rent in Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: The estimated median monthly rent in Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb a safe place to live?: Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: 40% of schools within 2 km of Lime Side & Garden Suburb are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Lime Side & Garden Suburb?: Public-transport commute time from Lime Side & Garden Suburb to central London is approximately 166 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Lime Side & Garden Suburb different from the rest of Oldham?: Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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 Lime Side & Garden Suburb rank in Oldham?: Lime Side & Garden Suburb 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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