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OL3 7DP

Saddleworth South · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Oldham
Ward
Saddleworth South
Local authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL3 7NH 40 m
OL3 7PF 40 m
OL3 7EG 120 m
OL3 7GD 127 m
OL3 7HZ 153 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 7DP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 7
Latitude
53.531495
Longitude
-1.997470
British National Grid easting
400,265
British National Grid northing
403,869

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Electoral ward
Saddleworth South · E05014659
Parish or community
E04000005
Westminster constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth · E14001415
Output area
E00027393
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 020D · E01005409
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 020 · E02001117

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Poplars, Waterside, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DP 24 January 2025 £775,000
Waterside House, Waterside, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DP 26 January 2024 £700,000
The Poplars, Waterside, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7DP 4 August 2017 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
19
Secondary
2

  1. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    255 m

  2. Bright Futures School

    Other independent special school

    700 m

  3. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    992 m

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
40

21 female, 19 male

Postcode households
20
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 0.8% 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

4

within 5 km

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    1.9 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

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

  • Clarence Hotel

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Clarence Hotel

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Clarence Hotel

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.3 miles

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.3 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
3
Medium risk addresses
1
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 £737,500 from 2 recorded sales in OL3 7DP. 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School is the nearest published school at 255 m.

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