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OL3 7FJ

Saddleworth South · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 7FP 44 m
OL3 7AQ 62 m
OL3 7FU 74 m
OL3 7FX 91 m
OL3 7FY 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 7FJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 7
Latitude
53.540150
Longitude
-2.009254
British National Grid easting
399,484
British National Grid northing
404,832

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
E00027381
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 020C · E01005408
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 020 · E02001117

Postcode source versions

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Property

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60 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, Knoll Close, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7FJ 13 February 2026 £395,000
Watersedge, 16, Apartment 1, Knoll Close, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7FJ 25 February 2025 £220,000
21, Knoll Close, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7FJ 8 November 2024 £420,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
23
Secondary
4

  1. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    310 m

  2. Bright Futures School

    Other independent special school

    878 m

  3. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 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
97

53 female, 44 male

Postcode households
40
Residents per household
2.4
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 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+
72.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
72.5%
Gigabit-capable
72.5%
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

7

within 5 km

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    956 m

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    3.5 km

  • PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P89006

    3.5 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    3.6 km

  • LEESBROOK SURGERY

    MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG

    ODS code P85005

    4.2 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    4.4 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    5.0 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

  • Queensway

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Greenfield Station

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Queensway

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Greenfield Station

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Chew Valley Road

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 020C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,981 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
14
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
19
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 £358,750 from 8 recorded sales in OL3 7FJ. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. Greenfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 310 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.