OL3 5PD

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 5PE 43 m
OL3 5PH 61 m
OL3 5NQ 104 m
OL3 5NE 111 m
OL3 5PT 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 5PD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 5
Latitude
53.569029
Longitude
-1.997831
British National Grid easting
400,241
British National Grid northing
408,045

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Parish or community
E04000005
Output area
E00027397
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 006A · E01005410
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 006 · E02001103

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Lower Knoll Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5PD 22 November 2021 £360,000
17, Lower Knoll Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5PD 30 September 2021 £400,000
7, Lower Knoll Road, Diggle, Oldham, OL3 5PD 24 August 2018 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
12
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Diggle School

    Foundation school

    211 m
  2. St Chad's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. Delph Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.9 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

24 female, 24 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.6% 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

1

within 5 km

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    2.4 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

  • Sunfield Lane

    BCT · Diggle

    0.1 miles
  • Sunfield Lane

    BCT · Diggle

    0.1 miles
  • Shires Cottage

    BCT · Diggle

    0.1 miles
  • Sunfield Lane

    BCT · Diggle

    0.1 miles
  • Shires Cottage

    BCT · Diggle

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 006A, 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

23,533 of 33,755

Income
10 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £380,000 from 2 recorded sales in OL3 5PD. 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Diggle School is the nearest published school at 211 m.

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