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Uppermill

Town

Town in Oldham, North West.

Uppermill is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Uppermill add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 98% of people in Uppermill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£355,000
Joint 258th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,207
305th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
98%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Uppermill compares

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

UppermillMiddle
Median sale price161 towns, North West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North West161 areas from £95,000 to £700,000. The middle area is £222,000. Uppermill is £355,000.
£355,000joint 10th most expensive
Population161 towns, North West · 2021
Population: every town in North West161 areas from 7,551 to 506,564. The middle area is 22,886. Uppermill is 11,207.
11,20727th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares161 towns, North West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North West161 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 29.0%. Uppermill is 98.0%.
98%25th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage161 towns, North West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North West161 areas from 35.0% to 99.6%. The middle area is 95.7%. Uppermill is 95.1%.
95.1%joint 63rd lowest

What is the population of Uppermill?

Uppermill had 11,207 usual residents at the census.

Uppermill is the 305th least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Uppermill, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Uppermill has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in Uppermill

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Oldham 006A1,495No figure788.5%
Oldham 006B1,563No figure695.2%
Oldham 013A1,719No figure898.8%
Oldham 020C2,018No figure894.6%
Oldham 020D1,568No figure780.6%
Oldham 020E2,414No figure797.9%
Oldham 021A1,407No figure897.3%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

Postcode districts covering Uppermill2

Middle areas in Uppermill1

Towns near Uppermill6

Uppermill in brief

Uppermill is a town in Oldham, North West.

About 11,327 people lived in Uppermill in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 219 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Uppermill was £355,000 in 2025.

Uppermill had 11,207 usual residents at the census.

About 98% of people in Uppermill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Uppermill, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.