OL3 5DT

Saddleworth North · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Oldham
Local authority
Oldham
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL3 5DU 30 m
OL3 5DH 38 m
OL3 5DQ 52 m
OL3 5DN 58 m
OL3 5JD 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 5DT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 5
Latitude
53.567993
Longitude
-2.023243
British National Grid easting
398,558
British National Grid northing
407,930

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Parish or community
E04000005
Output area
E00027429
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 013C · E01005416
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 013 · E02001110

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lawton House, Lawton Square, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5DT 29 July 2025 £325,000
1, Lawton Square, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5DT 7 June 2024 £255,000
2, Lawton Square, Delph, Oldham, OL3 5DT 14 April 2021 £174,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
24
Secondary
2
  1. Delph Primary School

    Foundation school

    281 m
  2. Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Diggle School

    Foundation school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

8 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.0
OL3 5 residents
7,536

Age bands in OL3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

1,119 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

732 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

1,450 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.1%

2,415 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,815 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL3 5 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

7

within 5 km

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    2.5 km

  • MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85606

    3.6 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    4.5 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    4.6 km

  • LEESBROOK SURGERY

    MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG

    ODS code P85005

    4.6 km

  • OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85017

    4.8 km

  • VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85614

    4.8 km

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

  • The Swan

    BCT · Delph

    0.0 miles
  • The Swan

    BCT · Delph

    0.0 miles
  • Lodge Lane

    BCT · Carrcote

    0.1 miles
  • Denshaw Road

    BCT · Carrcote

    0.1 miles
  • Lodge Lane

    BCT · Carrcote

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 013C, 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

20,790 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
7
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
3
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 £290,000 from 2 recorded sales in OL3 5DT. 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 2 secondary schools. Delph Primary School is the nearest published school at 281 m.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 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.