Property market
The five-year median is £170,000 from 2,908 recorded sales in OL4. 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.
OL4
UK postcode district
Part of Oldham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,267
- Current units
- 1,048
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 219
Postcode sectors in OL4
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,359 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 127, Kelverlow Street, Oldham, OL4 1LY | 24 July 2026 | £148,000 |
| 416, Ripponden Road, Oldham, OL4 2LJ | 17 July 2026 | £294,000 |
| 3, Erica Avenue, Oldham, OL4 2TS | 17 July 2026 | £245,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 3
- Latest month
- January 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL4 usual residents
- 47,559
- Age-profile population
- 47,748
Age bands in OL4
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 22.3%
- 10,632 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.4%
- 5,940 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.7%
- 12,766 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- 11,250 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15%
- 7,160 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,035 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 1,017 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 941 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
in this district
ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT
137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85015
GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
GLODWICK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85622
GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN
ODS code P85021
HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN
ODS code P85014
LEESBROOK SURGERY
MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG
ODS code P85005
LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP
ODS code P85022
SPRINGFIELD HOUSE
275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ
ODS code P85020
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3 published events cover 3 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.