# OL12

Postcode district covering Rochdale and Town Head, in Rochdale and Rossendale.

OL12 is a postcode district covering Rochdale and Town Head, in Rochdale and Rossendale. Median sale price £200,000 in 2025. About 47,776 people.

Postcode district. Code OL12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [OL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=OL12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 95% of people in OL12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=OL12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 529 homes were sold in OL12 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=OL12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): OL12 had 46,612 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=OL12) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Rochdale, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is OL12.

## How OL12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | OL12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £200,000 | joint 7th most expensive | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2025 |
| Population | 46,612 | 3rd most populated | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 95% | joint 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.5% | 4th lowest | 16 postcode districts, OL · Jan 2026 |

## 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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in OL12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rochdale 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005594) | 1,514 | – | 4 | 93.3% |
| [Rochdale 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005597) | 1,979 | – | 7 | 94.7% |
| [Rochdale 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005586) | 1,615 | – | 1 | 90.5% |
| [Rochdale 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005593) | 2,056 | – | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Rochdale 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005595) | 1,328 | – | 1 | 85.7% |
| [Rochdale 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005489) | 1,249 | – | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Rochdale 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005490) | 1,571 | – | 3 | 98.6% |
| [Rochdale 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005491) | 1,436 | – | 3 | 94.6% |
| [Rochdale 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005493) | 1,762 | – | 7 | 96.9% |
| [Rochdale 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005494) | 1,758 | – | 3 | 99.4% |
| [Rochdale 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005495) | 1,769 | – | 4 | 89.6% |
| [Rochdale 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005488) | 1,507 | – | 7 | 91.7% |
| [Rochdale 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005492) | 1,535 | – | 7 | 95.5% |
| [Rochdale 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005570) | 1,307 | – | 7 | 96.7% |
| [Rochdale 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005587) | 1,368 | – | 9 | 93.5% |
| [Rochdale 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005588) | 1,316 | – | 2 | 81.4% |
| [Rochdale 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005580) | 1,647 | – | 1 | 98.1% |
| [Rochdale 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005496) | 1,321 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Rochdale 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005589) | 1,700 | – | 3 | 99.0% |
| [Rochdale 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005483) | 1,485 | – | 1 | 48.5% |
| [Rochdale 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005486) | 1,701 | – | 1 | 97.4% |
| [Rochdale 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/neighbourhood/e01005487) | 1,789 | – | 1 | 96.4% |
| [Rossendale 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale/neighbourhood/e01025359) | 1,734 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| [Rossendale 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale/neighbourhood/e01025360) | 1,994 | 139.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| [Rossendale 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale/neighbourhood/e01025375) | 1,600 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.8% |
| [Rossendale 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale/neighbourhood/e01025376) | 2,470 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |

## Your MP

- [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rochdale): Paul Waugh (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 55% of the people here.
- [Heywood and Middleton North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/heywood-and-middleton-north): Mrs Elsie Blundell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 24% of the people here.
- [Rossendale and Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rossendale-and-darwen): Andy MacNae (Labour), MP since July 2024. 21% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in OL12

[Healey, Syke & Shawclough](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/healey-syke-and-shawclough), [Hooley Bridge & Norden West](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/hooley-bridge-and-norden-west), [Hurstead & Smallbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/hurstead-and-smallbridge), [Littleborough West & Wardle](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale/littleborough-west-and-wardle), [Whitworth](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale/whitworth)

## Postcode sectors in OL12

[OL12 0 (197 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12-0), [OL12 6 (248 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12-6), [OL12 7 (244 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12-7), [OL12 8 (241 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12-8), [OL12 9 (255 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12-9)

## Councils OL12 covers

[Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale), [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale)

## Towns in OL12

[Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochdale)

## Postcode districts next to OL12

[BL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl9), [OL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol11), [OL13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol13), [OL14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol14), [OL15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol15), [OL16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol16)

## Nearest rail stations

[Smithy Bridge (4.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1135,53.6332), [Rochdale Town Centre (4.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1554,53.6173), [Littleborough (4.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.0947,53.6430), [Rochdale (5.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1545,53.6110)

## More in the OL postcode area

[All OL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 95% of people in OL12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OL12, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: OL12
- Postcode area: [OL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol)
- Constituency: [Rochdale †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rochdale)
- Council: [Rochdale †](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale)
- Area: 45.48 km²
- People, mid-2024: 47,776*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 148

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[BL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl9), [OL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol11), [OL16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol16), [OL14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol14), [OL13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol13), [OL15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol15)

## Latest updates for OL12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/OL12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol12