OL12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rochdale and Town Head, in Rochdale and Rossendale.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OL12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In OL12, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How OL12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of OL12?
OL12 had 46,612 usual residents at the census.
OL12 is the 274th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in OL12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OL12 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OL12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochdale 002B | 1,514 | No figure | 4 | 93.3% |
| Rochdale 002C | 1,979 | No figure | 7 | 94.7% |
| Rochdale 004C | 1,615 | No figure | 1 | 90.5% |
| Rochdale 004D | 2,056 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Rochdale 004E | 1,328 | No figure | 1 | 85.7% |
| Rochdale 005A | 1,249 | No figure | 5 | 99.6% |
| Rochdale 005B | 1,571 | No figure | 3 | 98.6% |
| Rochdale 005C | 1,436 | No figure | 3 | 94.6% |
| Rochdale 005D | 1,762 | No figure | 7 | 96.9% |
| Rochdale 005E | 1,758 | No figure | 3 | 99.4% |
| Rochdale 005F | 1,769 | No figure | 4 | 89.6% |
| Rochdale 006A | 1,507 | No figure | 7 | 91.7% |
| Rochdale 006B | 1,535 | No figure | 7 | 95.5% |
| Rochdale 007A | 1,307 | No figure | 7 | 96.7% |
| Rochdale 007E | 1,368 | No figure | 9 | 93.5% |
| Rochdale 007F | 1,316 | No figure | 2 | 81.4% |
| Rochdale 008A | 1,647 | No figure | 1 | 98.1% |
| Rochdale 009A | 1,321 | No figure | 1 | 99.6% |
| Rochdale 009B | 1,700 | No figure | 3 | 99.0% |
| Rochdale 010D | 1,485 | No figure | 1 | 48.5% |
| Rochdale 010F | 1,701 | No figure | 1 | 97.4% |
| Rochdale 010G | 1,789 | No figure | 1 | 96.4% |
| Rossendale 009A | 1,734 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| Rossendale 009B | 1,994 | 139.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| Rossendale 009C | 1,600 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.8% |
| Rossendale 009D | 2,470 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |
MPs for OL12
- Paul WaughLabour (Co-op)MP for Rochdale55% of OL12’s postcodes
- Mrs Elsie BlundellLabourMP for Heywood and Middleton North24% of OL12’s postcodes
- Andy MacNaeLabourMP for Rossendale and Darwen21% of OL12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in OL125
Postcode sectors in OL125
Councils OL12 covers2
Towns in OL121
Postcode districts next to OL126
Nearest rail stations4
More in the OL postcode area2
OL12 in brief
OL12 is a postcode district covering Rochdale and Town Head, in Rochdale and Rossendale.
About 47,776 people lived in OL12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 529 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in OL12 was £200,000 in 2025.
OL12 had 46,612 usual residents at the census.
In OL12, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In OL12, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.