# OL8 3JQ: area report for a postcode in Oldham

OL8 3JQ is a postcode in Oldham.

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 Oldham. Open the map at OL8 3JQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham) › [OL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol8) › [OL8 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ol8-3)

## 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=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **Hollinwood, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 10 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **No property in OL8 3JQ 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=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Oldham 030A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **£217,171 average price**: For the whole of Oldham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 930 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 190 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at OL8 3JQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **Low road and rail noise at OL8 3JQ**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% 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=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ
- **15.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Limehurst Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/limehurst-community-primary-school-e105638) | Primary | 10 m (1 minute on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holy Family RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-family-rc-primary-school-e149454) | Primary | 110 m (1 minute on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oasis Academy Limeside](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-limeside-e137479) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), March 2024 | 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [New Bridge School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-bridge-school-e138697) | Special | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | – |
| [Hollinwood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hollinwood-academy-e140388) | Special | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2024 | – |
| [Oasis Academy Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-oldham-e136027) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | Attainment 8 of 44.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lyndhurst-primary-and-nursery-school-e142471) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Woodhouses Voluntary Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodhouses-voluntary-primary-school-e105688) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2024 | £232,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| March 2023 | £171,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 220 m |
| April 2025 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 220 m |
| June 2026 | £242,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 270 m |
| October 2024 | £127,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 300 m |
| June 2026 | £213,005 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 330 m |
| August 2024 | £160,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 340 m |
| August 2025 | £201,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 350 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: HOLLINWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE (930 m)
- Pharmacies: ST CHADS PHARMACY (200 m); YATES PHARMACY (980 m); YATES PHARMACY (980 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Limehurst (190 m, Spar); Asda Oldham Hollins Road Supermarket (930 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £217,171** (July 2026). Oldham’s average house price was £217,171 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,042** (2025). Full-time workers living in Oldham earned a median of £34,042 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 34th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.4×** (2025). A home in Oldham costs 6.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 123rd 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: 36.8** (2025). Oldham has a deprivation score of 36.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 11th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Oldham 030A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 51.2** (2025). Oldham 030A has a deprivation score of 51.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,160th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £200,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Oldham 030A was £200,500 in 2025. Joint 6,775th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,749** (2021). Oldham 030A had 1,749 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 11,597th 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: 98.9%** (January 2026). In Oldham 030A, 98.9% 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.

## OL8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £185,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OL8 was £185,000 in 2025. Joint 278th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 45,545** (2021). OL8 had 45,545 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 293rd 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in OL8 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: 98.5%** (January 2026). In OL8, 98.5% 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: [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham)
- Centre: 53.5139, -2.1248

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

## Your MP

- [Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/oldham-west-chadderton-and-royton): Jim McMahon (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=-2.1248,53.5139,OL83JQ

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