# M34 5QR: area report for a postcode in Tameside

M34 5QR is a postcode in Tameside.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Tameside. Open the map at M34 5QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) › [M34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m34) › [M34 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/m34-5)

## Around this postcode

- **No street-level crime here**: Greater Manchester Police has supplied almost no data to police.uk since July 2019 (only August 2022), so there are no map points in Greater Manchester. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **Audenshaw, 300 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 410 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **No property in M34 5QR listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Tameside 014B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **£209,723 average price**: For the whole of Tameside, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 610 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 510 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **95.7% can get gigabit broadband at M34 5QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **Loud road and rail noise at M34 5QR**: Road 65 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR
- **18.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Aldwyn Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aldwyn-primary-school-e149874) | Primary | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Audenshaw Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/audenshaw-primary-school-e106203) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hanthorn House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hanthorn-house-school-e152613) | Special | 760 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Mary's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-cofe-primary-school-e106247) | Primary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2024 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Moorside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moorside-primary-school-e142499) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-rc-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151517) | Primary | 1 km (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Fairfield High School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairfield-high-school-for-girls-e136593) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | Attainment 8 of 52.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Stephen's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-stephens-cofe-primary-school-e152307) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2025 | £350,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| October 2025 | £267,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| October 2023 | £337,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2025 | £240,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| March 2025 | £213,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| November 2023 | £252,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| October 2024 | £240,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £535,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Audenshaw (300 m, 4 minutes on foot); Droylsden (760 m, 10 minutes on foot); Fairfield (950 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: MEDLOCK VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE (610 m); MARKET STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE (790 m)
- Pharmacies: WELL (610 m); DROYLSDEN PHARMACY (760 m); MARKET STREET PHARMACY (820 m)
- Dental practices: 36 QUEENS WALK (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar Audenshaw (510 m, Spar); Iceland Droylsden (950 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £209,723** (July 2026). Tameside’s average house price was £209,723 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £33,949** (2025). Full-time workers living in Tameside earned a median of £33,949 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 32nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.2×** (2025). A home in Tameside costs 6.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 106th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 29.8** (2025). Tameside has a deprivation score of 29.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 43rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Tameside 014B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 16.7** (2025). Tameside 014B has a deprivation score of 16.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,154th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £280,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tameside 014B was £280,000 in 2025. Joint 14,314th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,419** (2021). Tameside 014B had 1,419 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,074th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.9%** (January 2026). In Tameside 014B, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## M34 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £226,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in M34 was £226,000 in 2025. Joint 590th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 47,967** (2021). M34 had 47,967 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 249th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 41%** (2022). About 41% of people in M34 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.8%** (January 2026). In M34, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)
- Centre: 53.4765, -2.1344

Council: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Ashton-under-Lyne](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ashton-under-lyne): Angela Rayner (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.1344,53.4765,M345QR

## How to cite

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