Is Chadderton a good place to live?

Living in Chadderton, Oldham: house prices, crime, schools and the practical details to check before you move.

On this page
  1. Chadderton at a glance
  2. Location and population
  3. Sold prices
  4. Crime and safety
  5. Schools
  6. Flood mapping
  7. Broadband
  8. Energy performance
  9. Planning and heritage
  10. Air quality and deprivation
  11. Nearby towns
  12. Questions
  13. Data sources

Chadderton at a glance

Chadderton is in Oldham, North West, England. Flats sold for a median £115,000, compared with £215,000 across all property types (12 months to July 2026). Gigabit-capable broadband was available to 98% of premises (January 2026). Whether it suits you comes down to the home and neighbourhood: compare the property you can afford, the schools relevant to your household and the checks needed at the exact address.

Median sold price
£215,000
338 recorded sales
Gigabit availability
98.0%
of premises

Sources and periods vary by measure. See the source register · How we use the data

Where is Chadderton, and who lives here?

Chadderton is in Oldham, North West, England.

Chadderton: regional locator mapApproximate location of Chadderton in Oldham, using the stored town centroid and a generalised land outline. This is not a town-boundary or flood-risk map.Chadderton
Approximate town location · not a boundary or flood mapMap sources

The mapped town had 37,602 residents in Census 2021. This describes the town area, rather than the wider council area.

Location and geography
County / areaOldham
RegionNorth West
Local authorityOldham
Population37,602 · Census 2021

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

Office for National Statistics · Census 2021, BUA24 geography; released May 2026. Source details

View population and age groups
Age distribution · Census 2021
Under 1621.8%
16–2411.1%
25–6450.8%
65 and over16.5%

ONS best-fits the Census counts to the built-up-area geography. The population displayed here must not silently replace the denominator used in the crime rate.

How much do homes sell for in Chadderton?

The median recorded sold price in Chadderton is £215,000, based on 338 transactions in the published 12-month window. This is not a current asking-price estimate or a measure of affordability relative to income.

For a nearby reference, Failsworth’s median was £212,500 across 189 sales—£2,500 below Chadderton in the same source period. These are different mixes of homes, not a like-for-like valuation. See nearby comparisons

Median recorded sale
£215,000
Recorded sales in the period
338
Median sold price by property type
Detached£388,500
Semi-detached£235,000
Terraced£175,000
Flat / maisonette£115,000
View recorded price changes
Changes in the recorded median, not like-for-like home values
One-year change7.5%
Five-year change22.9%

A change in the mix of properties sold can move the median. These are nominal comparisons, not a forecast or an inflation-adjusted price index.

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Recent registered transactions
DateProperty typePostcodePrice
24 July 2026Semi-detachedOL9 0AD£180,000
16 July 2026TerracedOL9 7NY£110,500
10 July 2026TerracedOL9 8JS£173,000
10 July 2026TerracedOL9 9SB£175,000
10 July 2026TerracedOL9 7RY£150,000
8 July 2026TerracedOL9 7RZ£163,695
8 July 2026TerracedOL9 0JN£110,000
7 July 2026DetachedOL9 9JN£425,000
3 July 2026Semi-detachedOL9 8AY£243,000
3 July 2026Semi-detachedOL1 2QY£275,000

Property-type samples may be smaller still. The mix of homes sold affects medians; these are not like-for-like valuations.

HM Land Registry · 12 months to July 2026. Source details

Is Chadderton safe? What the crime data shows

A controlled recorded-crime result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

Home Office / Police.uk · July 2025 to June 2026 · 12 months. Source details

How are schools rated in Chadderton?

11 of 12 schools with a recorded overall grade have a Good or Outstanding grade (91.7%). These are historical grades from inspections between 2019 and 2024, not new inspections in the source-download year.

View all 17 school records

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Schools and their recorded historical overall grades
SchoolPhaseHistorical grade
Kingfisher Special SchoolAcademy special converter · OL9 9QRAges 4–11Outstanding11 June 2019
Bare Trees Primary SchoolCommunity school · OL9 0DXPrimaryAges 3–11Good25 June 2024
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school · OL9 9EDPrimaryAges 4–11Good14 December 2022
Freehold Community AcademyAcademy converter · OL9 7RGPrimaryAges 3–11Good1 November 2023
Mills Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school · OL9 0NHPrimaryAges 3–11Good10 November 2021
St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school · M24 2BEPrimaryAges 3–11Good27 June 2024
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school · OL9 9HTPrimaryAges 4–11Good26 September 2023
Stanley Road Primary SchoolCommunity school · OL9 7HXPrimaryAges 3–11Good23 January 2024
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery SchoolCommunity school · OL9 8EBPrimaryAges 4–11Good26 February 2020
Yew Tree Community SchoolCommunity school · OL9 8LDPrimaryAges 3–11Good3 February 2023
The Radclyffe SchoolAcademy converter · OL9 0LSSecondaryAges 11–16Good27 February 2024
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter · OL9 9QYSecondaryAges 11–16Requires improvement17 May 2023
Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter · OL9 7HAPrimaryAges 3–11No usable overall gradeDate not supplied
St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter · OL9 9SNPrimaryAges 3–11No usable overall gradeDate not supplied
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter · OL9 0BNPrimaryAges 4–11No usable overall gradeDate not supplied
Halcyon Way SchoolFree schools special · Ages 2–11No usable overall gradeDate not supplied
The Chadderton Preparatory SchoolOther independent school · OL9 0ADAges 2–11No usable overall gradeDate not supplied

A historical grade does not establish catchment eligibility, available places or suitability for a particular child. Source extraction dates are not inspection dates.

Department for Education · Historical overall grades 2009–2024 · GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31. Source details

What flood risk is mapped in Chadderton?

0.43% of Chadderton’s mapped land is in Flood Zone 3. Flood Zone 2 excluding Zone 3 covers 0.50%. Separately, 6.92% has at least a 1% annual chance of surface-water flooding in the source model. These are land-area measures, not a property-level assessment; do not add the two models together.

River and sea planning zones

Share of mapped town land · Flood Map for Planning
Flood Zone 30.43%
Flood Zone 2, excluding Zone 30.50%

Environment Agency · Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026. Source details

Surface-water flooding

Share of mapped town land · present-day RoFSW model
High modelled likelihood3.18%
Medium modelled likelihood3.74%
Low modelled likelihood9.90%

Environment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509. Source details

Land coverage is not the percentage of homes expected to flood. Areas outside mapped bands are not guaranteed flood-free. Check the actual address before a purchase.

What broadband is available?

98.0%

of premises have gigabit-capable broadband available.

Fixed broadband availability
Gigabit-capable98.0%
Full fibre95.0%
Superfast · 30 Mbps or more99.8%
Premises without decent broadband0.0%
Premises in the dataset15,915

Availability is not measured speed or a guarantee of a particular package. Ofcom’s “decent broadband” measure is at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload.

Ofcom · January 2026. Source details

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How energy-efficient are homes in Chadderton?

The dataset includes 6,975 domestic properties with a usable latest certificate. 57.1% are rated C or above.

Domestic EPC records
Mean energy-efficiency score69 · Band D
Rated C or above57.1%
Mean recorded CO₂ emissions3.1 tonnes / year
Properties represented6,975
View the EPC band distribution
Share of included properties by EPC band
Band A0.5%
Band B10.1%
Band C46.6%
Band D36.0%
Band E5.9%
Band F0.9%
Band G0.2%

The latest certificate per property within the source’s ten-year validity window is used. These are assessed properties, not every home. Emissions are estimates, not measured household use.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026. Source details

Planning activity and local heritage

What do planning figures show?

The Oldham local planning authority received 827 applications in the published annual period. 88.7% of recorded decisions were approvals.

These are local-authority totals, not applications inside the town boundary. Approval rates use decisions as their denominator, not applications received. They do not predict approval for an individual proposal.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026. Source details

Listed buildings

There are 15 listed-building records mapped to the town.

Mapped Historic England records
Grade I0
Grade II*1
Grade II14

For a particular property, check the official listing and the council’s conservation-area boundaries. A town count does not establish whether an address is designated.

Historic England · Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025. Source details

Air quality and deprivation

What does the air-quality model show?

Area-weighted background concentrations · 2024
PM2.5 annual mean7.8 µg/m³
PM10 annual mean12.4 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) annual mean15.7 µg/m³

An annual background estimate is not today’s air quality or pollution beside a particular road. It cannot establish an individual’s exposure.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Defra PCM 2024. Source details

How should deprivation data be read?

Small-area deprivation context
Population-weighted mean IMD decile4.1
Constituent areas in deciles 1–350.0%
Constituent areas in deciles 8–1027.3%

Lower deciles indicate greater relative deprivation. The town mean is not an official national town rank or a judgement about individual residents; conditions vary within each town.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2). Source details

Which towns are near Chadderton?

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Nearby places · geographic distance, not travel time
TownDistanceMedian sold priceSales
FailsworthOldham2.1 miles away2.1 miles£212,500189
Middleton (Rochdale)Rochdale2.2 miles away2.2 miles£230,000475
OldhamOldham2.3 miles away2.3 miles£178,000536
WoodhousesOldham2.3 miles away2.3 miles——
SlattocksRochdale2.4 miles away2.4 miles——
RoytonOldham2.7 miles away2.7 miles£230,000265
TrubRochdale3.4 miles away3.4 miles——
DroylsdenTameside3.5 miles away3.5 miles£228,000183
Ashton-under-LyneTameside3.7 miles away3.7 miles£200,000325
AudenshawTameside4.3 miles away4.3 miles£245,000116

Distances describe geographic proximity, not a road journey or a public-transport connection. Price comparisons use the same published source period and require at least 20 sales; a dash means no eligible comparison, not a zero price.

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

More questions about living in Chadderton

Is Chadderton a good place to live?

Chadderton is in Oldham, North West, England. Flats sold for a median £115,000, compared with £215,000 across all property types (12 months to July 2026). Gigabit-capable broadband was available to 98% of premises (January 2026). Whether it suits you comes down to the home and neighbourhood: compare the property you can afford, the schools relevant to your household and the checks needed at the exact address.

Where is Chadderton?

Chadderton is in Oldham, North West, England.

What is the population of Chadderton?

Chadderton has a population of 37,602 on the Census 2021, BUA24 geography; released May 2026 town geography used by Kerbside.

How much do homes sell for in Chadderton?

The median recorded sold price in Chadderton is £215,000, based on 338 transactions in the published 12-month window. This is not a current asking-price estimate or a measure of affordability relative to income.

How are schools rated in Chadderton?

11 of 12 schools with a recorded overall grade have a Good or Outstanding grade (91.7%). These are historical grades from inspections between 2019 and 2024, not new inspections in the source-download year.

What broadband coverage is available in Chadderton?

In Chadderton, 98.02% of premises have gigabit-capable coverage and 94.95% have full-fibre coverage. Availability at an individual address and the package a provider will sell there may differ.

What do EPC records show for homes in Chadderton?

Across 6,975 recorded domestic properties in Chadderton, 57.10% are rated C or above. The source keeps the latest certificate per property within its ten-year window; this does not represent every home or certify current running costs.

What mapped flood risk is shown for Chadderton?

0.43% of Chadderton’s mapped land is in Flood Zone 3. Flood Zone 2 excluding Zone 3 covers 0.50%. Separately, 6.92% has at least a 1% annual chance of surface-water flooding in the source model. These are land-area measures, not a property-level assessment; do not add the two models together.

Where the data comes from

Dates below distinguish the period represented by the data from when the source was collected and published here. How we use these sources

Locator mapStored town centroid · Natural Earth land outline

The point uses the town location retained by the controlled base-geography publication, including its documented legacy-centroid fallbacks. It is approximate and does not delineate the statistical boundary, flood risk or individual properties. Base-geography source

Generalised land outline: Natural Earth 1:50m countries, simplified for display; public domain. The map does not load third-party tiles or tracking.

Built-up areas and administrative geographyOffice for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025
Data version
ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025
Source published
29 April 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
annual
Towns with a published result
7,099

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 57acc0a8-b401-48c6-aab6-bbf71f0f8653. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Understanding towns in England and WalesOffice for National Statistics · Census 2021, BUA24 geography; released May 2026
Data version
Census 2021, BUA24 geography; released May 2026
Source published
15 May 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
3 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
3 September 2026
Refresh cadence
release-based
Towns with a published result
1,266

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 9c95eeab-00b4-4a59-ba69-482644419c71. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Price Paid DataHM Land Registry · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data 2021-2026 through July 2026
Data version
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data 2021-2026 through July 2026
Source published
28 August 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
6,150

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: b636c9b0-ad56-425a-864a-6c1c2b7b13ac. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Get Information About SchoolsDepartment for Education · GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31
Data version
GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31
Source published
1 September 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
5,070

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: bfa454a5-2429-4fcf-9562-02ab8aec64e4. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Connected Nations fixed broadbandOfcom · Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026, v2)
Data version
Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026 (January 2026, v2)
Source published
7 July 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
annual
Towns with a published result
6,250

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 1de793a3-4b49-451e-b8e6-a53dabe9ff24. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026
Data version
MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026
Source published
1 September 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
quarterly
Towns with a published result
6,336

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: fbe075dd-3890-4075-adcc-1af0da0943e5. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Flood Map for Planning - Flood ZonesEnvironment Agency · Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026
Data version
Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026
Source published
20 May 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
as needed
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: e315db85-8651-4532-b88f-b0f6233390a3. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Risk of Flooding from Surface WaterEnvironment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509
Data version
NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509
Source published
17 September 2025
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
as needed
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 5ebbae90-38ab-4f73-abc7-b515beec4ae8. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Police.uk street-level crimeHome Office / Police.uk · 2026-06
Data version
2026-06
Source published
29 July 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
1 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
1 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
6,260

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: 4d94afb3-682c-4003-9eef-f006b8451ce9. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

District planning application statisticsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026
Data version
MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026
Source published
19 June 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
quarterly
Towns with a published result
7,094

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: ef472acd-f430-4e09-a212-b3576567ee57. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Listed buildings and conservation areasHistoric England · Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025
Data version
Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025
Source published
2 September 2026
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
monthly
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: b6109497-cc70-4816-bd75-8bbd151d2bca. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

Modelled background pollution dataDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Defra PCM 2024
Data version
Defra PCM 2024
Source published
30 September 2025
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
annual
Towns with a published result
6,807

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: a9cb6fbd-3b88-4fc0-90b9-e3f8d751e96e. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.

English Indices of DeprivationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2)
Data version
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2)
Source published
17 November 2025
Retrieved by Kerbside
2 September 2026
Published on Kerbside
2 September 2026
Refresh cadence
approximately every five years
Towns with a published result
3,793

Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0

Publication reference: b9817fd7-2109-4c23-937f-7b5bc28b0d53. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.