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The population density is higher in Oldham (15.8 people per hectare) than in England (4.1) although it is lower than that for Greater Manchester (21). [66] Females continue to make up over half (51%) of Oldham's population, which is comparable to Greater Manchester, North West and national figures (50.6%, 50.9%, 50.8% respectively).
Map of Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK with electoral wards shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165% Geographic limits: West: 2.20W; East: 1.90W; North: 53.64N; South: 53.48N; Date: 24 April 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product.
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Oldham was anciently a township in the large ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham. Prior to the 19th century the government of the town was divided between the parish vestry and the county magistrates of Lancashire. In 1826 the Oldham Police Act (7 Geo. IV, cap. 117) established a board of improvement commissioners. All landowners ...
The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area, [2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in north-west England, within seven post towns. These cover eastern Greater Manchester (including Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Heywood and Littleborough), plus small parts of east Lancashire (including Bacup) and western West Yorkshire (including Todmorden).
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In the 2011 United Kingdom census Oldham Built-up area subdivision, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, had a population of 96,555 and an area of 1,687 hectares (6.51 sq mi), giving a population density of 57.2 inhabitants per hectare (14,800/sq mi), [8] while the Borough of Oldham had a population of 224,897, an area of 14,236 ...
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, and with little early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of