Chadderton Park
Suburb · 68 residents
58Good
Good · better than 4 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Affordability scores 81, well above the typical 60
- 1 rail or tube station within a short walk
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 21, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Chadderton Park
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Chadderton Park a good place to live?
Chadderton Park scores 58/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for affordability (81) and transport (70).
It scores lowest on food & drink (21).
Safety isn't scored here: street-level police data for the area is incomplete, so the overall score leaves it out.
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Chadderton Park in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Chadderton Park
Chadderton Park reads as solidly residential: semi-detached houses on quiet streets, the kind of place where front gardens are tended rather than paved over, and where the population skews a little older than the national average. With a median age around 46 against a national 40, this isn't an area dominated by young renters or students — it feels settled, the sort of street where neighbours know each other's cars.
The housing picture tells its own story. Semi-detached homes dominate the sales here, and most are owned freehold rather than leasehold — a straightforward, unflashy tenure pattern that suits long-term owners rather than investors flipping new-builds (there are essentially none being built here). At a median of £280,000, property costs sit close to the national median but is 43.6% pricier than the wider Oldham borough, so you're paying a premium to be in this pocket rather than elsewhere in the district. Council tax band D bills run slightly above the national average too, which fits a place that's comfortably within the better-off slice of the country — decile 8 for deprivation, decile 9 for income, among the least deprived areas nationally despite sitting in a region that doesn't always top those tables.