SOCIETY STREET, OL2 7RT House Prices & Local Information

OL2 7RT is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Society Street, 0.3km from Newtown in Shaw (Oldham). Administratively it sits within Shaw ward and the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a multiethnic urban high streets zone — urban high streets with mixed ethnicity and businesses. The 33 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 54% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Property: With prices averaging £122k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area.

Census 2021 statistics for OL2 7RT are sourced from Output Area E00027572 (shared with 20 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.