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OL2 6QS

Royton South · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Royton South
Local authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Postcode district
OL2
Postcode sector
OL2 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL2 6QZ 68 m
OL2 6QA 89 m
OL2 6RA 92 m
OL2 6QU 97 m
OL2 6QX 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL2 6QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL2
Postcode sector
OL2 6
Latitude
53.566739
Longitude
-2.120207
British National Grid easting
392,136
British National Grid northing
407,797

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
E00027333
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 009C · E01005400
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 009 · E02001106

Postcode source versions

Explore OL2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
115
Primary
75
Secondary
17

  1. Royton Hall Primary School

    Community school

    348 m

  2. Ss Aidan and Oswald's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    415 m

  3. Supreme Start Ltd

    Other independent special school

    435 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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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
60

40 female, 20 male

Postcode households
51
Residents per household
1.2
OL2 6 residents
12,691

Age bands in OL2 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

2,139 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,258 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

3,125 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

3,610 residents

Age 65 and over
21.2%

2,719 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
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

34

within 5 km

  • THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE

    ROYTON HEALTH WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 6QW

    ODS code P85013

    116 m

  • ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL

    ODS code P85019

    392 m

  • JALAL PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85601

    2.6 km

  • LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code Y02875

    2.6 km

  • OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85007

    2.6 km

  • PERKINS PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85608

    2.6 km

  • THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85003

    2.6 km

  • ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL

    ODS code P85002

    2.7 km

  • CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH

    ODS code P85004

    2.8 km

  • WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH

    ODS code P85010

    2.8 km

  • OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85017

    2.8 km

  • VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85614

    2.8 km

  • MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85606

    2.9 km

  • JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF

    ODS code Y02827

    2.9 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    3.2 km

  • HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN

    ODS code P85014

    3.2 km

  • KAPUR FAMILY CARE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85615

    3.3 km

  • MD FAMILY PRACTICE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85018

    3.3 km

  • WERNETH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85612

    3.3 km

  • GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN

    ODS code P85021

    3.6 km

Showing 20 of 34 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

  • Park Street

    BCT · Royton

    0.1 miles

  • Park Street

    BCT · Royton

    0.1 miles

  • Pennine View

    BCT · Royton

    0.1 miles

  • John Hogan Close

    BCT · Royton

    0.1 miles

  • Cardigan Street

    BCT · Royton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 009C, 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

3,434 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
3 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
4
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

115 open schools are in scope, including 75 primary and 17 secondary schools. Royton Hall Primary School is the nearest published school at 348 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.