Property market
The five-year median is £245,000 from 3 recorded sales in OL2 6XB. 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 6XB
Royton North · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Oldham
- Ward
- Royton North
- 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 6XB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL2
- Postcode sector
- OL2 6
- Latitude
- 53.583085
- Longitude
- -2.132534
- British National Grid easting
- 391,323
- British National Grid northing
- 409,617
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- Royton North · E05014656
- Parish or community
- E43000158
- Westminster constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton · E14001416
- Output area
- E00027297
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 004B · E01005394
- Middle layer super output area
- Oldham 004 · E02001101
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
11 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Grisedale Avenue, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6XB | 9 September 2024 | £305,000 |
| 6, Grisedale Avenue, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6XB | 28 April 2023 | £245,000 |
| 3, Grisedale Avenue, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6XB | 21 April 2023 | £215,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 100
- Primary
- 65
- Secondary
- 13
- 171 m
Thornham St. James CofE Primary School
Academy converter
- 757 m
Fir Bank Primary School
Academy converter
- 913 m
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 19
- Postcode households
- 11
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- OL2 6 residents
- 12,691
11 female, 8 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 0.1% 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
32
within 5 km
ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE
CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL
ODS code P85019
1.9 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
2.0 km
THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE
ROYTON HEALTH WELLBEING CENTRE, PARK STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 6QW
ODS code P85013
2.0 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
WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
116 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1AD
ODS code P86007
2.8 km
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
2.9 km
STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86022
2.9 km
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
3.2 km
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
3.2 km
DR A HAMID
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86614
3.5 km
DR GWD BHIMA
1ST FLOOR, BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86002
3.5 km
DR MB GHAFOOR & PARTNERS
1ST FLOOR, NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86619
3.5 km
THE DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86609
3.5 km
CASTLETON HEALTH CENTRE
2 ELIZABETH STREET, CASTLETON, ROCHDALE, OL11 3HY
ODS code P86009
3.7 km
CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85004
4.2 km
WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH
ODS code P85010
4.2 km
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
4.4 km
MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, 681 RIPPONDEN ROAD, MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, OL1 4JU
ODS code P85606
4.4 km
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
4.4 km
Showing 20 of 32 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
Turks Head
BCT · Summit
- 0.1 miles
Rochdale Road
BCT · Summit
- 0.2 miles
Thornham Summit
BCT · Summit
- 0.2 miles
Springfield Lane
BCT · Summit
- 0.2 miles
Thornham Summit
BCT · Summit
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 004B, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
19,313 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
100 open schools are in scope, including 65 primary and 13 secondary schools. Thornham St. James CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 171 m.
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 Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.