Property market
The five-year median is £168,000 from 2,409 recorded sales in OL16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Rochdale is £210,083 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.
OL16
UK postcode district
Part of Rochdale
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,846
- Current units
- 1,125
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 721
Postcode sectors in OL16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,421 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 42, Jones Way, Rochdale, OL16 4FX | 27 July 2026 | £237,500 |
| 69, Newhey Road, Milnrow, Rochdale, OL16 3PS | 24 July 2026 | £115,000 |
| 19, Two Bridges Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3RP | 24 July 2026 | £220,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 15
- Months covered
- 9
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 9
- Anti social behaviour 2
- Other crime 1
- Other theft 1
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL16 usual residents
- 40,561
- Age-profile population
- 39,966
Age bands in OL16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 22.3%
- 8,930 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- 5,245 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- 11,034 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.3%
- 9,311 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 13.6%
- 5,446 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 1,050 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, 1,017 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 904 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
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY
ODS code P86017
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86022
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
Evidence in context
Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
15 published events cover 9 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.