Property market
The five-year median is £485,000 from 1 recorded sale in OL4 3SA. 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 3SA
Saddleworth North · Oldham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Oldham
- Ward
- Saddleworth North
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Postcode district
- OL4
- Postcode sector
- OL4 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL4 3SA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL4
- Postcode sector
- OL4 3
- Latitude
- 53.552804
- Longitude
- -2.050101
- British National Grid easting
- 396,778
- British National Grid northing
- 406,241
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Oldham · E08000004
- Electoral ward
- Saddleworth North · E05014658
- Parish or community
- E04000005
- Westminster constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth · E14001415
- Output area
- E00027431
- Lower layer super output area
- Oldham 013D · E01005417
- Middle layer super output area
- Oldham 013 · E02001110
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore OL4
Property
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Highmoor Cottage, 1, Thorpe Lane, Scouthead, Oldham, OL4 3SA | 11 December 2025 | £485,000 |
| Highmoor Cottage, 1, Thorpe Lane, Scouthead, Oldham, OL4 3SA | 13 December 2019 | £425,000 |
| Cottage Farm, Thorpe Lane, Scouthead, Oldham, OL4 3SA | 25 May 2017 | £375,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 8
- 1.1 km
Knowsley Junior School
Foundation school
- 1.4 km
Waterhead Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.5 km
Springhead Infant and Nursery School
Community school
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 18
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 3.0
- OL4 3 residents
- 6,503
9 female, 9 male
Age bands in OL4 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.1%
1,661 residents
791 residents
2,094 residents
1,817 residents
1,221 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL4 3 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+
- 85.7%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 85.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 85.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 85.7%
- 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
23
within 5 km
MOORSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, 681 RIPPONDEN ROAD, MOORSIDE, OLDHAM, OL1 4JU
ODS code P85606
2.0 km
LEES MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATHENS WAY, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3BP
ODS code P85022
2.2 km
LEESBROOK SURGERY
MELLOR STREET, LEES, OLDHAM, OL4 3DG
ODS code P85005
2.2 km
SPRINGFIELD HOUSE
275 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 2RJ
ODS code P85020
2.2 km
SADDLEWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SMITHY LANE, UPPERMILL, OLDHAM, OL3 6AH
ODS code P85016
3.0 km
HOPWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOPWOOD HOUSE, THE VINEYARD, LEES ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1JN
ODS code P85014
3.2 km
ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT
137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85015
3.4 km
GLODWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE
GLODWICK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN
ODS code P85622
3.4 km
GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN
ODS code P85021
3.5 km
PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MARKET PLACE, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 0HE
ODS code P89618
3.9 km
ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL
ODS code P85002
4.0 km
PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE
193 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AJ
ODS code P89006
4.2 km
MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
187 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AB
ODS code P89612
4.4 km
OAK GABLES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF
ODS code P85017
4.4 km
VILLAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHAW CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE, WESTWAY, SHAW, OLDHAM, OL2 8BF
ODS code P85614
4.4 km
JALAL PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85601
4.5 km
LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code Y02875
4.5 km
OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85007
4.5 km
PERKINS PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85608
4.5 km
THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE
INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL
ODS code P85003
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
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
- 0.3 miles
Lyndon Close
BCT · Scouthead
- 0.3 miles
Lyndon Close
BCT · Scouthead
- 0.3 miles
Talking Point
BCT · Scouthead
- 0.3 miles
Talking Point
BCT · Scouthead
- 0.4 miles
Higher Turf Lane
BCT · Austerlands
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 013D, 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
22,961 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- 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
Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 8 secondary schools. Knowsley Junior School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.