# OL5

Postcode district covering Mossley and Micklehurst, in Tameside.

OL5 is a postcode district covering Mossley and Micklehurst, in Tameside. Median sale price £200,000 in 2025. About 11,611 people.

Postcode district. Code OL5. 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 OL5 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 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=OL5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in OL5 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=OL5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 213 homes were sold in OL5 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=OL5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): OL5 had 11,566 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=OL5) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Tameside, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is OL5.

## How OL5 compares

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

| Measure | OL5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £200,000 | joint 7th most expensive | 16 postcode districts, OL · 2025 |
| Population | 11,566 | least 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 | 85.7% | 2nd lowest | 16 postcode districts, OL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of OL5?

OL5 had 11,566 usual residents at the census.
OL5 is the 815th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in OL5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OL5 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in OL5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tameside 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006053) | 1,947 | – | 7 | 68.7% |
| [Tameside 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006054) | 1,807 | – | 3 | 85.5% |
| [Tameside 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006055) | 1,505 | – | 6 | 97.4% |
| [Tameside 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006057) | 1,529 | – | 6 | 90.8% |
| [Tameside 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006058) | 2,078 | – | 4 | 81.9% |
| [Tameside 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006059) | 1,447 | – | 5 | 94.4% |
| [Tameside 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/neighbourhood/e01006056) | 1,250 | – | 1 | 97.1% |

## Your MP

- [Stalybridge and Hyde](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stalybridge-and-hyde): Jonathan Reynolds (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 99% of the people here.
- [Oldham East and Saddleworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-east-and-saddleworth): Debbie Abrahams (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.5% 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 OL5

[Mossley](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside/mossley)

## Postcode sectors in OL5

[OL5 0 (182 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5-0), [OL5 9 (188 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5-9)

## Council

[Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

## Towns in OL5

[Mossley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mossley)

## Postcode districts next to OL5

[OL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol3), [OL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4), [OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6), [SK15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk15)

## Nearest rail stations

[Mossley (Manchester) (500 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.0413,53.5150), [Greenfield (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.0138,53.5389), [Stalybridge (4.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.0627,53.4846), [Ashton-Under-Lyne (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-2.0943,53.4913)

## 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)

## OL5 in brief

OL5 is a postcode district covering Mossley and Micklehurst, in Tameside.
About 11,611 people lived in OL5 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 213 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in OL5 was £200,000 in 2025.
OL5 had 11,566 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in OL5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OL5, 85.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: OL5
- Postcode area: [OL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol)
- Constituency: [Stalybridge and Hyde †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stalybridge-and-hyde)
- Council: [Tameside †](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)
- Area: 8.66 km²
- People, mid-2024: 11,611*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 40

* 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

[SK15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sk15), [OL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol3), [OL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol4), [OL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol6)

## Latest updates for OL5

- 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/OL5

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol5