Metropolitan Borough of Oldham

Borough of Oldham
Borough of Oldham
Metropolitan borough
	Clockwise from the top; Oldham skyline with the Civic Centre (left) and St. Mary with St. Peter Church (centre right), Uppermill within Saddleworth and Tandle Hill trig point.
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Latin: Sapere Aude, lit. 'dare to be wise'
	Oldham shown within Greater Manchester
	Coordinates: 53°32′N 2°07′W / 53.533°N 2.117°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county and city region	Greater Manchester
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named after	Oldham
Administrative HQ	Oldham Civic Centre
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Oldham Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Arooj Shah (L)
• Mayor	Eddie Moores
• MPs	3 MPs Debbie Abrahams (L) ; Jim McMahon (L) ; Lucy Powell (L) ;
Area
• Total	142 km2 (55 sq mi)
• Rank	167th
Population (2024)
• Total	251,560
• Rank	76th
• Density	1,767/km2 (4,580/sq mi)
Demonym	Oldhamer
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 68.1% White ; 24.6% Asian ; 3.4% Black ; 2.5% Mixed ; 1.4% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 44.9% Christianity ; 25.0% no religion ; 24.4% Islam ; 0.5% Hinduism ; 0.2% Buddhism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.2% other ; 4.7% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	M; OL;
Dialling code	01457; 0161; 01706;
ISO 3166 code	GB-OLD
GSS code	E08000004
Website	oldham.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham. The borough had a population of 251,560 in 2024, making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester. The borough spans 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi).