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It is a large town of 37,602 residents in Greater Manchester, North West.
Chadderton is easy to get around without a car: on the way to work, 20% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Where it falls short is cost of living — homes sell for a median £200,000, about 4.8 times local household income. Health lags: life expectancy 78.1 for men, 80.1 for women. Jobs & income is weaker too (C−): households earn a mean £43,265 a year, and 6.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP. Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Chadderton has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Chadderton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime to police.uk, so Chadderton has no Safety Grade and, without it, no overall grade. Its other subjects are graded below.
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The 3 things Chadderton does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Chadderton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →15 listed buildings in Chadderton.
Chadderton Town Hall and associated walls and walled garden, Middleton Road, Chadderton: Photo: Jeremy Sutcliffe from UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Christ Church: Photo: John Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Manor Mill: Photo: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Former Chadderton Central Library: Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chadderton.
Nearly two thirds of households own their home, above both Greater Manchester’s towns (58%) and England’s towns (61%). The £200,000 median rests on 1,158 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £942 a month across the Oldham council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £359,250 | 152 |
| Semi-detached | £221,000 | 498 |
| Terraced | £162,500 | 475 |
| Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | 33 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Below are three of its 15 schools, each with why it was picked. Christ Church CofE Primary School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. 60% of pupils at the town’s 11 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Trees Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 636 | D |
| North Chadderton SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,524 | C+ |
| Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 273 | A+ |
3 GP practices serve the town; 80% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Chadderton is Royal Oldham Hospital, 1.6 miles away. 6% of residents report bad or very bad health.
| Census 2021 | Chadderton | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 17% of its commuters stay in Chadderton for work. The car carried 76% of commuters at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list names 15 listed buildings in Chadderton: 1 Grade II*. One registered park or garden lies in the town. 18% of its homes were built before 1919, between Greater Manchester’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The median resident of Chadderton is 38 years old. 20% are under 15, above both Greater Manchester’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Over-65s are 17% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Chadderton | Greater Manchester | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 5.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Greater Manchester and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Chadderton. Best known first.
Art galleryGallery Oldham1.7 km outside town, to the east
Historic houseHeaton Park4.9 km outside town, to the west
MuseumMuseum of Transport Greater Manchester4.6 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumHeaton Park Tramway4.5 km outside town, to the westChurchChurchSt. Thomas Church, Werneth900 m outside town, to the eastZooZooLancaster Park & Animal Farm100 m outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
15 notable people were born in Chadderton.
David Platt: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Suranne Jones: Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0 · William Ash: Loki841990, CC0 · Frank Lord: Hilton Teper, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harry Morton: Davereynard, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ronald Whittam: MaratOrbel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Large town in Greater Manchester, England
Chadderton is a built-up area of 37,602 people, in the Oldham council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chadderton | 37,602 | — | — | D | — | D |
| Oldham | 110,722 | 1.8 | — | C− | — | D− |
| Royton | 22,997 | 2.2 | — | D− | — | C− |
| Middleton | 46,617 | 2.3 | — | D | — | D |
| Failsworth | 19,962 | 2.3 | — | D | — | D |
| Woodhouses | 1,094 | 2.5 | — | D− | — | C |
| Trub | 1,389 | 3.1 | — | D | — | D |
| Rhodes | 2,970 | 3.3 | — | C− | — | D |
Woodhouses and Trub have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oldham, Royton, Middleton, Failsworth, Woodhouses, Trub and Rhodes have no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
We can’t say from police.uk: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish street-level crime data there, so Chadderton has no Safety Grade. Greater Manchester Police’s own figures cover whole boroughs, not towns.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £200,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £110,000, terraced houses £162,500, semi-detached houses £221,000 and detached houses £359,250. Household incomes are lower than in 85% of UK towns, so cost of living grades D.
GCSE results trail 69% of towns in England, and primary results trail 61% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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