OL2 8SG

Crompton · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Oldham
Local authority
Oldham
Postcode district
OL2
Postcode sector
OL2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL2 8SQ 12 m
OL2 8SH 55 m
OL2 8SF 74 m
OL2 8SA 76 m
OL2 8RZ 77 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL2 8SG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL2
Postcode sector
OL2 8
Latitude
53.571748
Longitude
-2.099065
British National Grid easting
393,537
British National Grid northing
408,352

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Electoral ward
Crompton · E05014651
Parish or community
E04012153
Output area
E00027147
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 005A · E01005355
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 005 · E02001102

Postcode source versions

Explore OL2

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
37, Albert Avenue, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8SG 20 June 2025 £185,000
Shaw Lodge, Flat 1, Albert Avenue, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8SG 6 March 2023 £21,000
37, Albert Avenue, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8SG 7 June 2022 £162,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
98
Primary
68
Secondary
12
  1. St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    295 m
  2. E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    491 m
  3. Farrowdale House School

    Other independent school

    574 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

18 female, 21 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
1.9
OL2 8 residents
7,985

Age bands in OL2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,451 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

868 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

2,134 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,322 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

1,698 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL2 8 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

27

within 5 km

  • OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85017

    1.5 km

  • VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85614

    1.5 km

  • THE ROYTON & CROMPTON FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85013

    1.6 km

  • MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85606

    1.9 km

  • ROYTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHAPEL STREET, ROYTON, OLDHAM, OL2 5QL

    ODS code P85019

    1.9 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    2.8 km

  • ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL

    ODS code P85002

    3.2 km

  • HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85014

    3.3 km

  • JALAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85601

    3.3 km

  • LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y02875

    3.3 km

  • OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85007

    3.3 km

  • PERKINS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85608

    3.3 km

  • THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85003

    3.3 km

  • MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P86001

    3.5 km

  • STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code P86022

    3.5 km

  • JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF

    ODS code Y02827

    3.7 km

  • GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN

    ODS code P85021

    3.8 km

  • ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT

    137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85015

    3.8 km

  • GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GLODWICK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85622

    3.8 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    3.9 km

Showing 20 of 27 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cowlishaw Lane

    BCT · Shaw Side

    0.0 miles
  • Cowlishaw Lane

    BCT · Shaw Side

    0.1 miles
  • Longley Street

    BCT · Shaw

    0.1 miles
  • Moor Street

    BCT · Cowlishaw

    0.1 miles
  • Cowlishaw Lane

    BCT · Cowlishaw

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 005A, 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

6,469 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £162,000 from 3 recorded sales in OL2 8SG. 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.

Schools

98 open schools are in scope, including 68 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Joseph's RC Junior, Infant and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 295 m.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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