# OL5 9JR: area report for a postcode in Tameside

OL5 9JR 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 OL5 9JR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) › [OL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5) › [OL5 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5-9)

## 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=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **Mossley (Manchester), 870 m**: About 11 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **No property in OL5 9JR 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=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Tameside 003A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **£209,723 average price**: For the whole of Tameside, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 840 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at OL5 9JR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **Low road and rail noise at OL5 9JR**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR
- **8.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/micklehurst-all-saints-cofe-primary-school-e106235) | Primary | 200 m (3 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Mossley Hollins High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mossley-hollins-high-school-e148688) | Secondary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023, before the school changed | Attainment 8 of 47.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Milton St John's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/milton-st-johns-cofe-primary-school-e106234) | Primary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Minds Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/minds-education-e152280) | Special | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Joseph's RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-rc-primary-school-e106254) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Buckton Vale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/buckton-vale-primary-school-e149349) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Livingstone Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/livingstone-primary-school-e106210) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St George's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-georges-cofe-primary-school-e150015) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2025 | £120,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 30 m |
| August 2025 | £182,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| October 2025 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| May 2025 | £175,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| May 2024 | £175,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| April 2025 | £180,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| May 2026 | £195,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2025 | £400,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Mossley (Manchester) (870 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: PENNINE MEDICAL CENTRE (840 m); MOSSLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE (850 m)
- Pharmacies: CHADWICK & HADFIELD LTD (850 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (930 m)

## 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 003A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 51.7** (2025). Tameside 003A has a deprivation score of 51.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,075th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,250** (2021). Tameside 003A had 1,250 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,480th 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: 97.1%** (January 2026). In Tameside 003A, 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.
- **Claimant rate: 5.0%** (August 2026). In Tameside 003A, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## OL5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OL5 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: 11,566** (2021). OL5 had 11,566 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 815th least 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in OL5 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: 85.7%** (January 2026). In OL5, 85.7% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)
- Centre: 53.5163, -2.0283

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

## Your MP

- [Stalybridge and Hyde](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stalybridge-and-hyde): Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op)), 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=-2.0283,53.5163,OL59JR

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