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OL3 7XF

Saddleworth South · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 7JS 23 m
OL3 7DA 28 m
OL3 7JT 64 m
OL3 7AB 68 m
OL3 7AF 74 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL3 7XF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 April 2006
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL3
Postcode sector
OL3 7
Latitude
53.537238
Longitude
-2.010250
British National Grid easting
399,418
British National Grid northing
404,508

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
E00027386
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 020C · E01005408
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 020 · E02001117

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
24
Secondary
4

  1. Greenfield Primary School

    Community school

    103 m

  2. Bright Futures School

    Other independent special school

    570 m

  3. Greenfield St Mary's CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    814 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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH

    ODS code P85016

    1.3 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

    3.2 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

    4.1 km

  • LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP

    ODS code P85022

    4.3 km

  • SPRINGFIELD HOUSE

    275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ

    ODS code P85020

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Chew Valley Road

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.0 miles

  • Chew Valley Road

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Wellington Road

    BCT · Greenfield

    0.1 miles

  • Wellington Road

    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

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Greenfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 103 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.