Property market
The five-year median is £162,500 from 1,091 recorded sales in OL7. 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.
OL7
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 571
- Current units
- 421
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 150
Postcode sectors in OL7
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
7,859 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Clive Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9EF | 24 July 2026 | £180,000 |
| Knowle Court, 2, Knowle Avenue, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9DX | 29 June 2026 | £350,000 |
| 51, Ambleside Avenue, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9HA | 29 June 2026 | £245,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 6
- Primary
- 5
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2
- Anti social behaviour 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL7 usual residents
- 18,127
- Age-profile population
- 18,073
Age bands in OL7
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 21.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.3%
3,820 residents
2,028 residents
4,887 residents
4,391 residents
2,947 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 417 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%
389 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 358 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
HT PRACTICE
156 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0NW
ODS code P89020
WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTRE
1 DUNKERLEY STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 9EJ
ODS code P89613
WEST END MEDICAL CENTRE
98-102 STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL7 0LH
ODS code P89030
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
6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events 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.