Salem
Oldham 019 · 4 sub-areas · 8,527 residents
Salem is a settled residential pocket of Oldham. The bigger gravitational centre is Manchester, around 70 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Overview
What's it like to live in Salem?
3 parks and 5 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 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Salem in Oldham
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Salem?
- The median monthly rent across Salem is £910.
- How safe is Salem?
- Salem 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 Salem?
- 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 52 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Salem?
- There are 26 schools within 2 km of Salem, of which 42% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1631 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Salem?
- The most common council tax band in Salem is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,796. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Salem to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Salem to central London is approximately 184 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 Salem?
- 100% of premises in Salem are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Salem?
- Salem 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 Salem?
- 56% of households in Salem 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 Salem?
- The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Salem) 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 Salem 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 Salem?
- Salem contains 4 local areas: Oldham 019A, Oldham 019C, Oldham 019B, Oldham 019D.
Frequently asked about Salem
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Salem?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Salem 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 Salem a safe place to live?
- Salem 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 Salem?
- 42% of schools within 2 km of Salem are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Salem?
- Public-transport commute time from Salem to central London is approximately 184 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Salem different from the rest of Oldham?
- Salem 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 Salem rank in Oldham?
- Salem 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.