Property market
The five-year median is £145,000 from 1,916 recorded sales in OL8. 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.
OL8
UK postcode district
Part of Oldham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,167
- Current units
- 849
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 318
Postcode sectors in OL8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
15,460 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 44, Howgill Crescent, Oldham, OL8 3WA | 24 July 2026 | £325,000 |
| 10, Carnarvon Street, Oldham, OL8 3PW | 16 July 2026 | £160,000 |
| 30, Elm Road, Oldham, OL8 3UQ | 15 July 2026 | £265,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 23
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 10
- Months covered
- 6
- Latest month
- May 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6
- Drugs 1
- Other crime 1
- Other theft 1
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- OL8 usual residents
- 46,579
- Age-profile population
- 45,917
Age bands in OL8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 26%
- 11,945 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.8%
- 6,783 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- 12,968 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.4%
- 9,371 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 10.6%
- 4,850 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 826 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, 814 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 763 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
5
in this district
HILL TOP SURGERY
HILLTOP SURGERY, FITTON HILL NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, FIRCROFT ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 2QD
ODS code Y02753
HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR
ODS code Y02933
JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF
ODS code Y02827
LITTLETOWN FAMILY MED PRACT
53 MANCHESTER ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 4LR
ODS code P85605
OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES
LANGHAM HOUSE, 368 ASHTON ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 3HF
ODS code P85012
Evidence in context
Schools
23 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
10 published events cover 6 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.