Oldbury | |
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Sandwell Council House in Oldbury | |
Location within the West Midlands | |
Population | 25,488 (Built-up area subdivision)[1] 13,606 (Ward)[2] |
OS grid reference | SO989897 |
Metropolitan borough | |
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Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Areas of the town | List
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Post town | OLDBURY |
Postcode district | B68, B69 |
Dialling code | 0121 |
Police | West Midlands |
Fire | West Midlands |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Oldbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606,[2] while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488.[3] Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, which defines Oldbury Town as consisting of the wards of Bristnall, Langley, Oldbury, and Old Warley,[4] gave the population as 50,641 in 2011.[5]