OL3 7DL

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL3 7DH 35 m
OL3 7DN 41 m
OL3 7DJ 55 m
OL3 7FR 58 m
OL3 7DG 65 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 7DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 7
Latitude
53.534686
Longitude
-2.001664
British National Grid easting
399,987
British National Grid northing
404,224

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Parish or community
E04000005
Output area
E00027391
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 020D · E01005409
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 020 · E02001117

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Neale Avenue, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DL 17 April 2019 £205,000
28, Neale Avenue, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DL 24 September 2015 £143,000
27, Neale Avenue, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DL 28 January 2014 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
22
Secondary
3
  1. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    252 m
  2. Bright Futures School

    Other independent special school

    493 m
  3. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    555 m

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
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.0
OL3 7 residents
4,962

Age bands in OL3 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

775 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

485 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.1%

1,015 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

1,526 residents

Age 65 and over
24.6%

1,242 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL3 7 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

6

within 5 km

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    1.5 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89006

    3.4 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    3.5 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    3.5 km

  • LEESBROOK SURGERY

    MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG

    ODS code P85005

    4.7 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles
  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles
  • King William IV

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles
  • Clarence Hotel

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles
  • Clarence Hotel

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.2 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.

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
2
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

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School is the nearest published school at 252 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.