Werneth
Middle areaSouth west Oldham. 8,034 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 83% of people in Werneth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Werneth
Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019, so there is no figure for Greater Manchester.
How Werneth compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Werneth?
Werneth had 7,692 usual residents at the census.
Werneth is the joint 4,075th 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 Werneth alone. See Oldham
Werneth in brief
The median price paid for a home in Werneth was £153,500 in 2025.
Werneth had 7,692 usual residents at the census.
About 83% of people in Werneth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Werneth, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.