Property market
The five-year median is £185,000 from 1,063 recorded sales in OL5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Tameside is £211,304 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.
OL5
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 431
- Current units
- 370
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 61
Postcode sectors in OL5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
7,140 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 45, Brunswick Street, Mossley, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL5 9NX | 10 July 2026 | £150,000 |
| 17, Border Mill Fold, Mossley, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL5 9GD | 9 July 2026 | £157,500 |
| 200, Manchester Road, Mossley, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL5 9BL | 7 July 2026 | £207,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 5
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
- Other theft 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL5 usual residents
- 11,591
- Age-profile population
- 11,557
Age bands in OL5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.8%
2,132 residents
1,061 residents
3,210 residents
3,216 residents
1,938 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 367 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%
322 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 256 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
187 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AB
ODS code P89612
PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE
193 MANCHESTER ROAD, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 9AJ
ODS code P89006
PIKE MEDICAL PRACTICE
MARKET PLACE, MOSSLEY, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL5 0HE
ODS code P89618
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.