# OL12 7GF: area report for a postcode in Rochdale

OL12 7GF is a postcode in Rochdale.

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 Rochdale. Open the map at OL12 7GF for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale) › [OL12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12) › [OL12 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12-7)

## 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=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **Rochdale Town Centre, 2.6 km**: About 32 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **No property in OL12 7GF 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=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Rochdale 006A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **£209,389 average price**: For the whole of Rochdale, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 860 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 630 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at OL12 7GF**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **Low road and rail noise at OL12 7GF**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% 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=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF
- **10.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Willow View School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willow-view-school-e149020) | Special | 210 m (3 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-vincent-de-paul-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151682) | Primary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), September 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Caldershaw Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caldershaw-primary-school-e151825) | Primary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), April 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meanwood-community-nursery-and-primary-school-e105773) | Primary | 940 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Norden Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norden-primary-academy-e151320) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | – |
| [Healey Learning Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/healey-learning-centre-e150845) | Special | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Falinge Park High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/falinge-park-high-school-e150227) | Secondary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 43.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Oulder Hill Leadership Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oulder-hill-leadership-academy-e148847) | Secondary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 45.8 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £210,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| August 2026 | £202,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| June 2026 | £295,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| December 2025 | £218,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| January 2026 | £223,250 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| May 2025 | £215,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| January 2026 | £265,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: EDENFIELD ROAD SURGERY (860 m)
- Pharmacies: WELL (860 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Rooley Moor Road (630 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Rochdale Edenfield Express (810 m, Tesco); Co-op Rochdale (850 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £209,389** (July 2026). Rochdale’s average house price was £209,389 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,660** (2025). Full-time workers living in Rochdale earned a median of £34,660 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 46th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.0×** (2025). A home in Rochdale costs 6.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 93rd 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: 34.3** (2025). Rochdale has a deprivation score of 34.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 17th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Rochdale 006A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.3** (2025). Rochdale 006A has a deprivation score of 11.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,272nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Rochdale 006A was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 10,961st cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,507** (2021). Rochdale 006A had 1,507 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 23,153rd most 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: 91.7%** (January 2026). In Rochdale 006A, 91.7% 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.

## OL12 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OL12 was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 372nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 46,612** (2021). OL12 had 46,612 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 274th 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: 95%** (2022). About 95% of people in OL12 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: 90.5%** (January 2026). In OL12, 90.5% 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: [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)
- Centre: 53.6300, -2.1878

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

## Your MP

- [Heywood and Middleton North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/heywood-and-middleton-north): Mrs Elsie Blundell (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=-2.1878,53.6300,OL127GF

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