OL3 6LF

Saddleworth South · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Oldham
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL3 6JH 199 m
OL3 7PE 260 m
OL3 6LQ 314 m
OL3 7NY 334 m
OL3 7PB 337 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 6LF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 6
Latitude
53.541660
Longitude
-1.995433
British National Grid easting
400,400
British National Grid northing
405,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Parish or community
E04000005
Output area
E00027390
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 020D · E01005409
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 020 · E02001117

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  2. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km
  3. Saddleworth School

    Academy converter

    1.2 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
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    976 m

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89006

    4.2 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    4.3 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Carr Lane

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.4 miles
  • Carr Lane

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.4 miles
  • Queensway

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.5 miles
  • King William IV

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.6 miles
  • King William IV

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 020D, 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

22,208 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Greenfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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.