Schools
107 open schools are in scope, including 72 primary and 13 secondary schools. SEE (Oldham) is the nearest published school at 297 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL1 4BZ
St James' · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- St James'
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Postcode district
- OL1
- Postcode sector
- OL1 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL1 4BZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1987
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL1
- Postcode sector
- OL1 4
- Latitude
- 53.552404
- Longitude
- -2.099578
- British National Grid easting
- 393,500
- British National Grid northing
- 406,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- St James' · E05014662
- Parish or community
- E43000158
- Westminster constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth · E14001415
- Output area
- E00027464
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 011E · E01032920
- Middle layer super output area
- Oldham 011 · E02001108
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore OL1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 107
- Primary
- 72
- Secondary
- 13
- 297 m
SEE (Oldham)
Other independent special school
- 418 m
Willowpark Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 433 m
Mayfield Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL1 4 residents
- 10,363
Age bands in OL1 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 25.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.9%
2,615 residents
1,248 residents
2,969 residents
2,457 residents
1,140 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.
GP practices
29
within 5 km straight-line
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL
ODS code P85002
1.1 km
HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN
ODS code P85014
1.2 km
SPRINGFIELD HOUSE
275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ
ODS code P85020
1.2 km
JALAL PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85601
1.5 km
LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code Y02875
1.5 km
OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85007
1.5 km
PERKINS PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85608
1.5 km
THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85003
1.5 km
GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN
ODS code P85021
1.6 km
ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT
137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85015
1.7 km
GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
GLODWICK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85622
1.7 km
MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, 681 RIPPONDEN ROAD, MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, OL1 4JU
ODS code P85606
1.8 km
JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF
ODS code Y02827
1.9 km
THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE
ROYTON HEALTH WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 6QW
ODS code P85013
2.1 km
LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP
ODS code P85022
2.1 km
LEESBROOK SURGERY
MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG
ODS code P85005
2.3 km
ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL
ODS code P85019
2.4 km
KAPUR FAMILY CARE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85615
2.7 km
MD FAMILY PRACTICE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85018
2.7 km
WERNETH MEDICAL PRACTICE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85612
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Derker Metrolink Stop
BCT · Derker
- 0.2 miles
Derker Metrolink Stop
BCT · Derker
- 0.2 miles
Derker (Manchester Metrolink)
TMU · Derker
- 0.2 miles
Derker Metrolink Stop
BCT · Derker
- 0.2 miles
Derker Metrolink Stop
BCT · Derker
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 011E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,181 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.