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Lime Side & Garden Suburb

Middle area

South west Oldham. 7,922 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Lime Side & Garden Suburb live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£216,000
Joint 1,880th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,755
3,958th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Lime Side & Garden Suburb

Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.

How Lime Side & Garden Suburb compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price34 middle areas, Oldham · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from £138,000 to £355,000. The middle area is £199,000. Lime Side & Garden Suburb is £216,000.
£216,00014th most expensive
Population34 middle areas, Oldham · 2021
Population: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from 5,458 to 12,317. The middle area is 6,832. Lime Side & Garden Suburb is 7,755.
7,75510th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares34 middle areas, Oldham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from 12.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Lime Side & Garden Suburb is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage34 middle areas, Oldham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Oldham34 areas from 88.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 98.3%. Lime Side & Garden Suburb is 99.6%.
99.6%joint 4th highest

What is the population of Lime Side & Garden Suburb?

Lime Side & Garden Suburb had 7,755 usual residents at the census.

Lime Side & Garden Suburb is the 3,958th most populated of 9,448 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Oldham

These figures are published for the whole of Oldham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Oldham and not Lime Side & Garden Suburb alone. See Oldham

Average house price
£217,214
Up 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,042
34th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.4×
Joint 122nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
36.8
11th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Lime Side & Garden Suburb in brief

The median price paid for a home in Lime Side & Garden Suburb was £216,000 in 2025.

Lime Side & Garden Suburb had 7,755 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Lime Side & Garden Suburb live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Lime Side & Garden Suburb, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.