Property market
The five-year median is £308,750 from 2 recorded sales in OL2 6QE. 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 6QE
Royton South · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Oldham
- Ward
- Royton South
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Postcode district
- OL2
- Postcode sector
- OL2 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL2 6QE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL2
- Postcode sector
- OL2 6
- Latitude
- 53.571474
- Longitude
- -2.122078
- British National Grid easting
- 392,013
- British National Grid northing
- 408,324
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- Royton South · E05014657
- Parish or community
- E43000158
- Westminster constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton · E14001416
- Output area
- E00027324
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 005D · E01005403
- Middle layer super output area
- Oldham 005 · E02001102
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 OL2
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 7, Croasdale Close, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6QE | 25 November 2024 | £355,000 |
| 3, Croasdale Close, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6QE | 8 September 2023 | £262,500 |
| 8, Croasdale Close, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6QE | 6 March 2017 | £350,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 116
- Primary
- 77
- Secondary
- 15
- 577 m
Royton Hall Primary School
Community school
- 682 m
Thorp Primary School
Academy converter
- 711 m
Fir Bank Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 25
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 3.1
- OL2 6 residents
- 12,691
12 female, 13 male
Age bands in OL2 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.2%
2,139 residents
1,258 residents
3,125 residents
3,610 residents
2,719 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL2 6 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
39
within 5 km
THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE
ROYTON HEALTH WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 6QW
ODS code P85013
598 m
ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL
ODS code P85019
618 m
OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF
ODS code P85017
2.6 km
VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF
ODS code P85614
2.6 km
JALAL PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85601
3.1 km
LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code Y02875
3.1 km
OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85007
3.1 km
PERKINS PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85608
3.1 km
THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85003
3.1 km
CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85004
3.2 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85010
3.2 km
MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, 681 RIPPONDEN ROAD, MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, OL1 4JU
ODS code P85606
3.2 km
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL
ODS code P85002
3.2 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
3.4 km
JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF
ODS code Y02827
3.5 km
SPRINGFIELD HOUSE
275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ
ODS code P85020
3.6 km
HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN
ODS code P85014
3.7 km
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
3.7 km
STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86022
3.7 km
KAPUR FAMILY CARE
WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY
ODS code P85615
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 39 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Low Crompton Road
BCT · Thorp
- 0.2 miles
Mellor Street
BCT · Thorp
- 0.2 miles
Low Crompton Road
BCT · Thorp
- 0.2 miles
Hillside Avenue
BCT · Royton
- 0.2 miles
Dogford Road
BCT · Royton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 005D, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,365 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
- 0
- 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
116 open schools are in scope, including 77 primary and 15 secondary schools. Royton Hall Primary School is the nearest published school at 577 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 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.