TAUNTON ROAD, OL9 0BD House Prices & Local Information

OL9 0BD is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Taunton Road, 0.8km from Buckley Wood in Chadderton. Administratively it sits within Chadderton North ward and the Oldham West and Royton constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, OL9 0BD is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. During the day, ethnically mixed self-employed professional services, home workers in outer suburbs. The community skews young professional (average age 34) — expect a mix of renters, sharers, and first-time buyers. 58% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Property: Average house prices are around £206k, up 48.9% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for OL9 0BD are sourced from Output Area E00027018 (shared with 4 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.