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OL16 3TJ

Milnrow & Newhey · Rochdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Milnrow & Newhey
Local authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Rochdale
Postcode district
OL16
Postcode sector
OL16 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL3 5UE 346 m
OL3 5UD 380 m
OL16 3UR 913 m
OL3 5SF 973 m
OL3 5SE 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL16 3TJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL16
Postcode sector
OL16 3
Latitude
53.598876
Longitude
-2.054131
British National Grid easting
396,515
British National Grid northing
411,367

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rochdale · E08000005
Electoral ward
Milnrow & Newhey · E05014043
Parish or community
E43000159
Westminster constituency
Rochdale · E14001446
Output area
E00028127
Lower layer super output area
Rochdale 014D · E01005561
Middle layer super output area
Rochdale 014 · E02001145

Postcode source versions

Explore OL16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
18
Secondary
3

  1. Christ Church CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km

  2. Buckstones Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km

  3. St Thomas' Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

4 female, 1 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.3
OL16 3 residents
8,690

Age bands in OL16 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.1%

1,530 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

870 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

2,097 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,294 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,655 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL16 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF

    ODS code P85017

    2.9 km

  • VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF

    ODS code P85614

    2.9 km

  • MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE

    MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF

    ODS code P86001

    3.3 km

  • STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY

    MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF

    ODS code P86022

    3.3 km

  • MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MOORSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, 681 RIPPONDEN ROAD, MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, OL1 4JU

    ODS code P85606

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Denshaw Terminus

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.6 miles

  • Dumfries Avenue

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.7 miles

  • Junction Inn

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.7 miles

  • Junction Inn

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.7 miles

  • Denshaw Jct Inn

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 014D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,144 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Christ Church CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.