Property market
The five-year median is £192,748 from 3,520 recorded sales in OL2. 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.
OL2
UK postcode district
Part of Oldham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,293
- Current units
- 1,090
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 203
Postcode sectors in OL2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,693 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10, Clifton Crescent, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6JF | 23 July 2026 | £220,000 |
| 126, Rochdale Road, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6QF | 23 July 2026 | £175,000 |
| 8, Clarence Street, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6LR | 20 July 2026 | £220,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 6
- Months covered
- 4
- Latest month
- January 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5
- Other crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL2 usual residents
- 41,111
- Age-profile population
- 41,338
Age bands in OL2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.3%
- 6,723 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- 4,081 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.1%
- 9,569 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- 11,483 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.9%
- 9,482 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 1,073 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, 1,058 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 968 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
4
in this district
OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF
ODS code P85017
ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL
ODS code P85019
THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE
ROYTON HEALTH WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 6QW
ODS code P85013
VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF
ODS code P85614
Evidence in context
Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6 published events cover 4 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.