Demography
Further information: Demography of Greater Manchester| Chadderton compared | |||
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| 2001 UK census | Chadderton | Oldham (borough) | England |
| Total population | 33,001 | 217,273 | 49,138,831 |
| White | 94.4% | 86.1% | 90.9% |
| Asian | 3.8% | 11.9% | 4.6% |
| Black | 0.5% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Chadderton (urban-core and sub-area) had a total resident population of 33,001. The population density was 8,669 inhabitants per square mile (3,347 /km2), with a 100 to 95.4 female-to-male ratio. Of those over 16 years old, 27.2 per cent were single (never married) 44.5 per cent married, and 8.5 per cent divorced. Chadderton's 13,698 households included 28.8 per cent one-person, 38.7 per cent married couples living together, 8.9 per cent co-habiting couples, and 10.3 per cent single parents with their children. Of those aged 16–74, 35.6 per cent had no academic qualifications.
As of the 2001 UK census, 81.1 per cent of Chadderton's residents reported themselves as being Christian, 3.2 per cent Muslim, 0.5 per cent Hindu, 0.1 per cent Buddhist, and 0.1 per cent Sikh. The census recorded 8.7 per cent as having no religion, 0.1 per cent had an alternative religion and 6.3 per cent did not state their religion.
Chadderton's population has been described as broadly working class with pockets of lower middle class communities, particularly in the northeast of the town, near the border with Royton. Parts of the town are relatively affluent compared to the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
| Population growth in Chadderton since 1901 | |||||||||||
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| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1939 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
| Population | 24,892 | 28,299 | 28,721 | 27,450 | 30,571 | 31,124 | 32,568 | 32,450 | 33,518 | 34,026 | 33,001 |
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