Neighbourhood · Oldham · North West
Wood End
Oldham 002 · 4 sub-areas · 5,716 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Solo renters (69/100)Watch-out: Families (43/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileResidential
Wood End is a settled residential pocket of Oldham. The bigger gravitational centre is Manchester, around 78 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for.
Crime / 1k / yr
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Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Wood End?
A snapshot of Wood End
Day-to-day life sits close to greenery — a park or playing field is within easy walking distance of most addresses; 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.
Wood End in Oldham
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Wood End?
- The median monthly rent across Wood End is £910.
- How safe is Wood End?
- Wood End 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 Wood End?
- 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 64 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Wood End?
- There are 11 schools within 2 km of Wood End, of which 28% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 4415 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Wood End?
- The most common council tax band in Wood End is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,947. Council tax is set by Oldham council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Wood End to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Wood End to central London is approximately 207 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 Wood End?
- 100% of premises in Wood End are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Wood End?
- Wood End sits in IMD decile 3 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 Wood End?
- 55% of households in Wood End 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 Wood End?
- The average property price across Oldham (the local authority covering Wood End) 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 Wood End 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 Wood End?
- Wood End contains 4 local areas: Oldham 002D, Oldham 002C, Oldham 002A, Oldham 002B.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Wood End
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Wood End?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Wood End 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 Wood End?
- 28% of schools within 2 km of Wood End are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Wood End?
- Public-transport commute time from Wood End to central London is approximately 207 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Wood End different from the rest of Oldham?
- Wood End 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 Wood End rank in Oldham?
- Wood End 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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