Property market
The five-year median is £141,000 from 1,247 recorded sales in OL1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Oldham is £214,850 in June 2026, up 5.1% year on year.
OL1
UK postcode district
Part of Oldham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,484
- Current units
- 777
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 12
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 707
Postcode sectors in OL1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
9,496 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10, London Road, Oldham, OL1 4AA | 24 July 2026 | £225,000 |
| 21, Charter Street, Oldham, OL1 3RQ | 23 July 2026 | £145,100 |
| 20, Green Park View, Oldham, OL1 4GP | 16 July 2026 | £215,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 8
- Months covered
- 6
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6
- Other theft 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL1 usual residents
- 25,455
- Age-profile population
- 25,255
Age bands in OL1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 25.7%
- 6,479 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.9%
- 3,523 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- 7,133 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- 5,505 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 10.4%
- 2,615 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 693 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 672 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 608 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
in this district
JALAL PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85601
LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code Y02875
MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, 681 RIPPONDEN ROAD, MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, OL1 4JU
ODS code P85606
OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85007
PERKINS PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85608
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL
ODS code P85002
THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85003
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8 published events cover 6 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.