Population Statistics
Hollinwood
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Hollinwood population

12,310people · latest estimate

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Hollinwood has a population of 12,310, making it the 7th largest place in Borough of Oldham.

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Oldham population trends, 2001–2025.

Hollinwood in context

3 km
south-west to Failsworth, the nearest larger town
1,274,220
people live within 10 km
#1,059
largest of 6,358 UK places
832
food businesses in Oldham
Hollinwood in the UK

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 Hollinwood sits in postcode district OL8.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Oldham, the billing authority covering Hollinwood, is £2,602 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Hollinwood?
The populated place itself holds 12,310 residents. The wider Oldham council area recorded 251,915 in 2025. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Oldham, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district OL8
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Borough of Oldham

#PlacePopulation
1Royton22,848
2Failsworth20,555
3Lees12,630
4Uppermill11,191
5Delph1,899
6Diggle1,716

All 13 places in Borough of Oldham →