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OL3 7GB

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 7GE 0 m
OL3 7PL 39 m
OL3 7JN 55 m
OL3 7BP 64 m
OL3 7BW 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 7GB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 7
Latitude
53.535189
Longitude
-2.005134
British National Grid easting
399,757
British National Grid northing
404,280

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
E00027360
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 020C · E01005408
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 020 · E02001117

Postcode source versions

Explore OL3

Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Bentfield Gardens, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7GB 16 October 2024 £372,000
7, Bentfield Gardens, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7GB 29 April 2024 £420,000
9, Bentfield Gardens, Greenfield, Oldham, OL3 7GB 26 April 2024 £420,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
23
Secondary
3

  1. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    340 m

  2. Bright Futures School

    Other independent special school

    371 m

  3. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    411 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
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

    3.2 km

  • PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89618

    3.3 km

  • MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P89612

    3.3 km

  • LEESBROOK SURGERY

    MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG

    ODS code P85005

    4.5 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    4.7 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

  • King William IV

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.0 miles

  • King William IV

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.0 miles

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Bridlepath

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £380,000 from 5 recorded sales in OL3 7GB. 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Greenfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 340 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.