Unlike eight of nine other Greater Manchester areas more people are leaving Oldham to move to other UK areas than are moving to Oldham from other UK areas

Today’s population statistics release shows there are now more than 66 million people living in the UK with 55.6 million living in England. 59% of the increase was due to international migration. Today’s population statistics release also shows that unlike every other area in Greater Manchester other than the university city of Manchester which has a high turnover of students more people are leaving Oldham to move to other UK areas than are moving to Oldham from other UK areas.