OL3 6DX

Saddleworth South · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL3 6DY 33 m
OL3 6EL 74 m
OL3 6DU 93 m
OL3 6EW 110 m
OL3 6EA 121 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 6DX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 6
Latitude
53.550091
Longitude
-1.998979
British National Grid easting
400,165
British National Grid northing
405,938

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Parish or community
E04000005
Output area
E00027368
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 020E · E01032922
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 020 · E02001117

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

56 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
38, Wellmeadow Lane, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 6DX 7 November 2025 £375,000
42, Wellmeadow Lane, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 6DX 3 October 2025 £390,000
36, Wellmeadow Lane, Uppermill, Oldham, OL3 6DX 10 September 2024 £390,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. St Chad's Church of England Primary School

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    276 m
  2. Saddleworth School

    Academy converter

    346 m
  3. Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
93

49 female, 44 male

Postcode households
34
Residents per household
2.7
OL3 6 residents
2,878

Age bands in OL3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.3%

318 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

221 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.6%

404 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

779 residents

Age 65 and over
33.6%

870 residents

This postcode contained 3.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL3 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

4

within 5 km

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    441 m

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MARKET PLACE, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 0HE

    ODS code P89618

    4.7 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    193 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AJ

    ODS code P89006

    4.8 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    187 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AB

    ODS code P89612

    4.9 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

  • Uppermill Turning Area

    BCT · Uppermill

    0.2 miles
  • Uppermill Turning Area

    BCT · Uppermill

    0.2 miles
  • Uppermill Turning Area

    BCT · Uppermill

    0.2 miles
  • Uppermill Turning Area

    BCT · Uppermill

    0.2 miles
  • Uppermill Turning Area

    BCT · Uppermill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 020E, 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

21,211 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
18
Medium risk addresses
5
Low risk addresses
8
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 £360,000 from 9 recorded sales in OL3 6DX. 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Chad's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 276 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 Other theft with 1 events.

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