What's the median rent in Moorside & Sholver?

The median monthly rent across Moorside & Sholver is £910.

How well-connected is Moorside & Sholver?

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 60 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Moorside & Sholver?

There are 9 schools within 2 km of Moorside & Sholver, of which 35% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3225 m away.

What is the council tax band in Moorside & Sholver?

The most common council tax band in Moorside & Sholver is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,123. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Moorside & Sholver to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Moorside & Sholver to central London is approximately 197 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 Moorside & Sholver?

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

What is the deprivation rank of Moorside & Sholver?

Moorside & Sholver sits in IMD decile 5 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 Moorside & Sholver?

79% of households in Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver?

The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Moorside & Sholver) 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 Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver?

Moorside & Sholver contains 4 local areas: Oldham 007E, Oldham 007F, Oldham 007D, Oldham 007C.

What is the average rent in Moorside & Sholver?

The estimated median monthly rent in Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver a safe place to live?

Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver?

35% of schools within 2 km of Moorside & Sholver are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Moorside & Sholver?

Public-transport commute time from Moorside & Sholver to central London is approximately 197 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Moorside & Sholver different from the rest of Oldham?

Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver rank in Oldham?

Moorside & Sholver scores 70/100 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

Moorside & Sholver

Oldham 007 · 4 sub-areas · 7,416 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Couples (77/100)Watch-out: Investors / BTL (63/100)Liveability 70/100 · Above medianResidential

Moorside & Sholver is a settled residential pocket of Oldham. The bigger gravitational centre is Manchester, around 82 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for. 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

0.6

Best 5% nationally

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

82 min

Direct to Manchester

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

35%

9 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

70/100

Above median

Population

7,416

4 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Moorside & Sholver?

A snapshot of Moorside & Sholver

2 parks and 3 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; 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.

Moorside & Sholver 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

£1,087/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £2,123/yr · £177/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

4.0 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−20% 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~£1,227/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£233,125

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

Estimated monthly mortgage£1,227/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£2,123/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 Moorside & Sholver?

Safety scores 100/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 173.4× safer than the national average (0.6 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

0.6

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 0 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

100/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

5/10

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

0.6 /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 Moorside & Sholver

Moderate transport links — 55/100; nearest rail station is Greenfield at around 4829 m; 30 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Manchester is reachable in 82 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

55/100

Above median

Best hub commute

82 min

Direct to Manchester

WFH share

22%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Greenfield

4.8 km walk · 82 min to Manchester

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Shaw and Crompton

1.7 km walk · Manchester Metrolink

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Manchester in 82 min

Londonapprox

197 min

Manchester

82 min

Birminghamapprox

164 min

Leeds

97 min

Liverpoolapprox

118 min

Bristolapprox

261 min

Sheffieldapprox

121 min

Edinburghapprox

273 min

Glasgowapprox

275 min

Cardiffapprox

263 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)22% work from home

Drive67%Public transport4%Walk / cycle5%Work from home22%

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 Moorside & Sholver

9 schools within a 2 km radius; around 35% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, The Blue Coat CofE School, is around 3241 m away.

School scoreHow? →

64/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

3 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

35%

Of all schools within 2 km

−34.6 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

The Blue Coat CofE School

3.2 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	198 m
Kingsland School	Pupil Referral Unit	Good	1.7 km
St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy	Academy Converter	Good	1.8 km
St. Theresa's RC Primary School	Voluntary Aided School	Good	1.8 km
Littlemoor Primary School	Academy Converter	Requires improvement	2.1 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 Moorside & Sholver?

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

Pubs2≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants0≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety0≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas0≤ 2 km
Theatres1≤ 2 km
Museums0≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks2≤ 500 m
Playgrounds3≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)30≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)30≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Moorside & Sholver 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

76/100

Great fit

Schools rate modestly (35% Good+ within 2 km), owner-occupation is high, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

66/100

Good fit

Transport scores 55/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

77/100

Great fit

Liveability 70/100, 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 ~847 m, hospital ~3.6 km), greenspace is walkable, and 14% 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, 12% 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 (12% PRS), 24% 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 (79%).

Age profile

Under 1823%18–3422%35–4920%50–6420%65+14%

Tenure

Owned79%Private rent12%Social rent6%

Households

One person24%Couple with children24%Lone parent11%Other6%

Property types

Flat2%Terraced28%Semi-detached42%Detached24%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 13/100

Ethnic group

White93%Asian2%Black2%Mixed3%Other0%

Country of birth

UK-born96%Born outside UK4%

Religion

Christian58%Muslim2%No religion36%Other1%

Education and health26% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)25.9%−7.6 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications18.1%

Self-rated good or very good health81.0%

Self-rated bad or very bad health5.5%

Disabled (Equality Act)17.6%

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)

4.1%

ONS ILO method — 65% 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 4.1% · 65% economically active · 35% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 4.1% — 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.

Employed63%Unemployed3%Inactive35%

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: +91,398 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 Moorside & Sholver

4 sub-areas and 150 postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Oldham 007E	£910	100	100	61	View →
Oldham 007F	£910	81	—	60	View →
Oldham 007D	£910	59	—	51	View →
Oldham 007C	£910	58	—	44	View →

Postcodes covered

In Oldham 007F

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In Oldham 007E

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In Oldham 007D

OL4 2AT OL4 2AU OL4 2AW OL4 2AY OL4 2LL OL4 2LN OL4 2LQ OL4 2LW OL4 2NA OL4 2NB OL4 2ND OL4 2NE OL4 2NF OL4 2NG OL4 2NH OL4 2NQ OL4 2NW OL4 2PX OL4 2PZ OL4 2QA OL4 2QB OL4 2QD OL4 2QE OL4 2QF OL4 2QG OL4 2QH OL4 2QJ OL4 2QQ OL4 2QS OL4 2QW OL4 2RA OL4 2SY OL4 2SZ OL4 2TF

In Oldham 007C

OL4 2LD OL4 2LE OL4 2LF OL4 2LG OL4 2LP OL4 2LR OL4 2LS OL4 2LT OL4 2LU OL4 2LX OL4 2LZ OL4 2NJ OL4 2NL OL4 2NN OL4 2NP OL4 2QN OL4 2TE OL4 2TG OL4 2TH OL4 2TJ OL4 2TQ OL4 2TS OL4 2XA

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Moorside & Sholver?: The median monthly rent across Moorside & Sholver is £910.
How safe is Moorside & Sholver?: Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver?: 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 60 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Moorside & Sholver?: There are 9 schools within 2 km of Moorside & Sholver, of which 35% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3225 m away.
What is the council tax band in Moorside & Sholver?: The most common council tax band in Moorside & Sholver is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,123. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Moorside & Sholver to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Moorside & Sholver to central London is approximately 197 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 Moorside & Sholver?: 100% of premises in Moorside & Sholver are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Moorside & Sholver?: Moorside & Sholver sits in IMD decile 5 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 Moorside & Sholver?: 79% of households in Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver?: The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Moorside & Sholver) 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 Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver?: Moorside & Sholver contains 4 local areas: Oldham 007E, Oldham 007F, Oldham 007D, Oldham 007C.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Moorside & Sholver

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

What is the average rent in Moorside & Sholver?: The estimated median monthly rent in Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver a safe place to live?: Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver?: 35% of schools within 2 km of Moorside & Sholver are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Moorside & Sholver?: Public-transport commute time from Moorside & Sholver to central London is approximately 197 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Moorside & Sholver different from the rest of Oldham?: Moorside & Sholver 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 Moorside & Sholver rank in Oldham?: Moorside & Sholver scores 70/100 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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