Borough of Oldham · England
Diggle population
1,716people · latest estimate
Diggle has a population of 1,716, making it the 10th largest place in Borough of Oldham. The World Gazetteer published 1,716 for Diggle in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
1,716
in 2005
#10
of 13 in Borough of Oldham
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Oldham population trends, 2001–2025.
Diggle in context
1 km
west to Delph, the nearest larger town
376,645
people live within 10 km
#3,186
largest of 6,358 UK places
832
food businesses in Oldham
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Diggle sits in postcode district OL3.
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Population since 2001
Oldham, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district OL3
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