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Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Broadband Coverage

Westminster parliamentary constituency · England · 44,512 premises

At 92.8%, full-fibre coverage here outpaces the 77.5% UK national average.

92.8%
Full-fibre (FTTP)
97.6%
Gigabit-capable
99.8%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
97.6%
Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s)
0.0%
Below USO (10 Mbit/s)

Broadband Coverage in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton in England has a premises count of 44,512 on Ofcom's register. 99.8% of premises have superfast (30 Mbit/s or more) broadband and 97.6% reach ultrafast (300 Mbit/s or more); underpinning both is a full-fibre figure of 92.8%, above-average, and a gigabit-capable figure of 97.6% once cable upgrades are counted.

On connectivity for all households, barely any premises in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton, under 1%, miss the 10 Mbit/s Universal Service Obligation floor. Speed-tier definitions like "ultrafast" shift over time; Ofcom has raised the bar before as networks caught up.

Where these figures come from

Figures are drawn from Ofcom's Connected Nations 2025 report (July 2025, r01), which aggregates postcode-sector data to constituency level. They represent coverage availability from at least one network operator, not the proportion of households that have subscribed to a given speed tier, nor the typical or guaranteed speeds that customers actually receive. Nearby constituencies in England with comparable full-fibre coverage are listed below.

Coverage Metrics

Full-fibre (FTTP)92.8%Gigabit-capable97.6%Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)99.8%Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s)97.6%
Broadband coverage metrics for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton - Ofcom Connected Nations 2025

Full Metrics

Metric % of Premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) 92.8%
Gigabit-capable broadband 97.6%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s) 99.8%
Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s) 97.6%
Below USO (10 Mbit/s) 0.0%
Total premises 44,512

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Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, July 2025 release (r01). Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures represent premises-level coverage availability, not actual subscriptions or speeds experienced.

Every figure on PlainBroadband is rendered directly from Ofcom Connected Nations data, no number is typed in by an editor. This constituency's figures are computed directly from Ofcom Connected Nations data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.