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OL9 8RB

Chadderton Central · Oldham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Chadderton Central
Local authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Postcode district
OL9
Postcode sector
OL9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL9 8RA 24 m
OL9 8QS 55 m
OL9 8QD 59 m
OL9 8QZ 62 m
OL9 8QN 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL9 8RB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL9
Postcode sector
OL9 8
Latitude
53.538244
Longitude
-2.139183
British National Grid easting
390,873
British National Grid northing
404,629

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Oldham · E08000004
Electoral ward
Chadderton Central · E05014647
Parish or community
E43000158
Westminster constituency
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton · E14001416
Output area
E00026995
Lower layer super output area
Oldham 017B · E01005328
Middle layer super output area
Oldham 017 · E02001114

Postcode source versions

Explore OL9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
139
Primary
92
Secondary
16

  1. Freehold Community Academy

    Academy converter

    264 m

  2. Christ Church CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    444 m

  3. St Luke's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    626 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

18 female, 13 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
1.6
OL9 8 residents
9,621

Age bands in OL9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.5%

2,015 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

1,146 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.4%

2,789 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.6%

2,415 residents

Age 65 and over
14.7%

1,442 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OL9 8 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+
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%

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

43

within 5 km

  • KAPUR FAMILY CARE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85615

    583 m

  • MD FAMILY PRACTICE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85018

    583 m

  • WERNETH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WERNETH PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD SOUTH, OLDHAM, OL9 7AY

    ODS code P85612

    583 m

  • CH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FIELDS NEW RD P-CARE CTR, FIELDS NEW RD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 8NH

    ODS code P85011

    690 m

  • CHADDERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH

    ODS code P85004

    840 m

  • WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHADDERTON TOWN HEALTH CENTRE, MIDDLETON ROAD, CHADDERTON, OLDHAM, OL9 0LH

    ODS code P85010

    840 m

  • LITTLETOWN FAMILY MED PRACT

    53 MANCHESTER ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 4LR

    ODS code P85605

    1.1 km

  • JOHN STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 JOHN STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 1DF

    ODS code Y02827

    1.3 km

  • JALAL PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85601

    1.6 km

  • LINDLEY HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code Y02875

    1.6 km

  • OLDHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    1ST FLOOR INTEGRATED C C, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85007

    1.6 km

  • PERKINS PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85608

    1.6 km

  • THE CHOWDHURY PRACTICE

    INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE, NEW RADCLIFFE STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 1NL

    ODS code P85003

    1.6 km

  • HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 CLIVE STREET, OLDHAM, OL8 3TR

    ODS code Y02933

    2.0 km

  • ST MARY'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROCK STREET, OLDHAM, OL1 3UL

    ODS code P85002

    2.1 km

  • OLDHAM MEDICAL SERVICES

    LANGHAM HOUSE, 368 ASHTON ROAD, OLDHAM, OL8 3HF

    ODS code P85012

    2.3 km

  • THE JUNCTION SURGERY

    346 GRIMSHAW LANE, MIDDLETON, MIDDLETON JUNCTION, MANCHESTER, M24 2AU

    ODS code P86010

    2.4 km

  • GREENBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUGGET STREET, OLDHAM, OL4 1BN

    ODS code P85021

    2.9 km

  • HAZELDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    97 MOSTON LANE EAST, NEW MOSTON, MANCHESTER, M40 3HD

    ODS code P84067

    2.9 km

  • ALEXANDRA GROUP MED PRACT

    137 GLODWICK ROAD, OLDHAM, OL4 1YN

    ODS code P85015

    2.9 km

Showing 20 of 43 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Freehold (Manchester Metrolink)

    TMU · Chadderton

    0.0 miles

  • Block Lane

    BCT · Chadderton

    0.1 miles

  • Lansdowne Road

    BCT · Chadderton

    0.1 miles

  • Freehold (Manchester Metrolink)

    PLT · Chadderton

    0.1 miles

  • Freehold (Manchester Metrolink)

    MET · Chadderton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Oldham 017B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,736 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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
12
Low risk addresses
6
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

139 open schools are in scope, including 92 primary and 16 secondary schools. Freehold Community Academy is the nearest published school at 264 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.