Property market
The five-year median is £179,500 from 2,219 recorded sales in OL6. 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.
OL6
UK postcode district
Part of Ashton-under-Lyne
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,357
- Current units
- 898
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 459
Postcode sectors in OL6
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
13,816 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 41, Carlisle Crescent, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 8UJ | 24 July 2026 | £245,000 |
| 66, Derby Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6NY | 16 July 2026 | £201,000 |
| 53, Henrietta Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6HW | 8 July 2026 | £156,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 8
- Months covered
- 5
- Latest month
- May 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6
- Public order 1
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL6 usual residents
- 30,746
- Age-profile population
- 30,857
Age bands in OL6
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 20%
- 6,184 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- 3,584 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.8%
- 8,574 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25%
- 7,701 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15.6%
- 4,814 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 875 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, 810 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 750 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit 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
5
in this district
ALBION MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 ALBION STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6HF
ODS code P89003
ASHTON GP SERVICE
ASHTON PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 193 OLD STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 7SR
ODS code Y02586
ASHTON MEDICAL GROUP
CHAPEL STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6EW
ODS code P89008
GORDON STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
171 MOSSLEY ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 6NE
ODS code P89011
STAMFORD HOUSE
2 PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, OL6 9QH
ODS code P89609
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8 published events cover 5 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.