# OL4

Postcode district covering Oldham and Lees, in Oldham.

OL4 is a postcode district covering Oldham and Lees, in Oldham. Median sale price £207,000 in 2025. About 49,544 people.

Postcode district. Code OL4. 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 OL4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £207,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OL4 was £207,000 in 2025. Joint 439th 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/ol4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 47,783** (2021). OL4 had 47,783 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 250th 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/ol4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in OL4 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/ol4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.1%** (January 2026). In OL4, 97.1% 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/ol4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=OL4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in OL4 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=OL4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 447 homes were sold in OL4 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=OL4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): OL4 had 47,783 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=OL4) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Oldham, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is OL4.

## How OL4 compares

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

| Measure | OL4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £207,000 | 5th most expensive | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2025 |
| Population | 47,783 | 2nd most populated | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.1% | joint 5th highest | 16 postcode districts, OL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of OL4?

OL4 had 47,783 usual residents at the census.
OL4 is the 250th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in OL4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OL4 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 12 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in OL4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oldham 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005452) | 1,278 | – | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Oldham 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005453) | 1,555 | – | 8 | 99.1% |
| [Oldham 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005448) | 1,643 | – | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Oldham 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005449) | 1,584 | – | 2 | 98.6% |
| [Oldham 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005454) | 1,379 | – | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005455) | 1,464 | – | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005456) | 1,679 | – | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Oldham 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005407) | 1,719 | – | 8 | 98.8% |
| [Oldham 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005417) | 1,554 | – | 7 | 87.7% |
| [Oldham 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005387) | 1,473 | – | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Oldham 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005388) | 1,339 | – | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Oldham 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005389) | 1,767 | – | 1 | 96.4% |
| [Oldham 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005418) | 1,411 | – | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005428) | 2,365 | – | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Oldham 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005431) | 1,862 | – | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Oldham 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005450) | 2,138 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005451) | 1,547 | – | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Oldham 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005406) | 1,407 | – | 8 | 97.3% |
| [Oldham 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005413) | 1,591 | – | 9 | 79.7% |
| [Oldham 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005419) | 1,451 | – | 6 | 88.3% |
| [Oldham 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005420) | 1,615 | – | 4 | 91.6% |
| [Oldham 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005326) | 2,997 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Oldham 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005427) | 2,214 | – | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Oldham 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005429) | 1,920 | – | 1 | 98.5% |
| [Oldham 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005430) | 2,852 | – | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Oldham 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01005383) | 2,191 | – | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Oldham 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01032556) | 1,502 | – | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Oldham 026F](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/neighbourhood/e01032557) | 1,819 | – | 1 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Oldham East and Saddleworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-east-and-saddleworth): Debbie Abrahams (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.

## Middle areas in OL4

[Alexandra Park](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/alexandra-park), [Alt](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/alt), [Lees & Hey](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/lees-and-hey), [Salem](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/salem), [Springhead & Grasscroft](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/springhead-and-grasscroft), [Waterhead](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham/waterhead)

## Postcode sectors in OL4

[OL4 1 (200 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4-1), [OL4 2 (227 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4-2), [OL4 3 (180 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4-3), [OL4 4 (215 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4-4), [OL4 5 (226 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4-5)

## Council

[Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)

## Towns in OL4

[Lees](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lees), [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oldham), [Uppermill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uppermill)

## Postcode districts next to OL4

[OL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol1), [OL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol2), [OL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol3), [OL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5), [OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6), [OL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol8)

## Nearest rail stations

[Derker (2.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.1016,53.5498), [Oldham Mumps (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.1034,53.5424), [Oldham Central (3.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.1121,53.5403), [Greenfield (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.0138,53.5389)

## 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)

## OL4 in brief

OL4 is a postcode district covering Oldham and Lees, in Oldham.
About 49,544 people lived in OL4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £207,000 in 2025 across 447 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in OL4 was £207,000 in 2025.
OL4 had 47,783 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in OL4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OL4, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: OL4
- Postcode area: [OL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol)
- Constituency: [Oldham East and Saddleworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-east-and-saddleworth)
- Council: [Oldham †](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)
- Area: 19.18 km²
- People, mid-2024: 49,544*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 143

* 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

[OL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol3), [OL1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol1), [OL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol8), [OL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5), [OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6), [OL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol2)

## Latest updates for OL4

- 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/OL4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4