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OL3 5SH

Saddleworth North · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Oldham
Ward
Saddleworth North
Local authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL3 5SJ 30 m
OL3 5SY 91 m
OL3 5SQ 102 m
OL3 5SG 122 m
OL3 5SE 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 5SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 5
Latitude
53.593147
Longitude
-2.038895
British National Grid easting
397,523
British National Grid northing
410,729

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Electoral ward
Saddleworth North · E05014658
Parish or community
E04000005
Westminster constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth · E14001415
Output area
E00027421
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 006C · E01005414
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 006 · E02001103

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

Property

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30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7b, Ripponden Road, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5SH 23 January 2026 £207,000
18, Ripponden Road, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5SH 23 September 2025 £394,950
7b, Ripponden Road, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5SH 20 September 2023 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Christ Church CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    243 m

  2. Delph Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.8 km

  3. Buckstones Primary School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

34 female, 28 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.8% 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+
96.6%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Gigabit-capable
96.6%
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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85017

    3.5 km

  • VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85614

    3.5 km

  • MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P85606

    4.3 km

  • MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P86001

    4.4 km

  • STONEFIELD STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code P86022

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Denshaw Jct Inn

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.0 miles

  • Dumfries Avenue

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.1 miles

  • Junction Inn

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.1 miles

  • Junction Inn

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.1 miles

  • Denshaw Terminus

    BCT · Denshaw

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 006C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,180 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £335,000 from 7 recorded sales in OL3 5SH. 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Christ Church CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 243 m.

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