OL8 postcode area guide — Oldham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the OL8 postcode district in Oldham — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is OL8?
Broadband & internet speeds in OL8
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
89.5%
Gigabit-capable
89.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the OL8 postcode district (Oldham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 837 postcodes Ofcom measures in OL8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 89.5%.
Around 0% of premises in OL8 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in OL8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| OL8 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AN | 100% | 100% |
| OL8 1AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Oldham
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Oldham district (100,820 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
97.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
94.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in OL8
Based on 264 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in OL8 is £170,000, up 3.0% on the previous year (£165,000).
Detached
£303,995
27 sales
Semi-detached
£220,000
67 sales
Terraced
£150,000
153 sales
Flat / maisonette
£72,500
6 sales
Latest recorded sales in OL8
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £211,000 | Semi-detached | Hemlock Avenue | OL8 3DN |
| 13 May 2026 | £245,000 | Detached | Montgomery Street | OL8 3PR |
| 8 May 2026 | £150,000 | Terraced | Moorcroft Street | OL8 3TS |
| 8 May 2026 | £140,000 | Terraced | Chapel Road | OL8 4QJ |
| 7 May 2026 | £150,000 | Semi-detached | Abbey Hills Road | OL8 2DH |
| 1 May 2026 | £170,000 | Detached | Fern Street | OL8 1SH |
| 1 May 2026 | £230,000 | Terraced | Birch Avenue | OL8 3TX |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £159,000 | Terraced | April Close | OL8 2XQ |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | Miller Road | OL8 4HW |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £149,000 | Semi-detached | Harrow Avenue | OL8 4HY |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Who lives here? Oldham demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Oldham district (242,088 residents, 93,140 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22.7% |
| 15–29 | 24.2% |
| 30–44 | 19.1% |
| 45–64 | 18.1% |
| 65+ | 16% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 60.4% |
| Private rented | 18% |
| Social rented | 13.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around OL8
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Academy Oldham | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,415 | OL8 4JZ |
| The Hathershaw College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,034 | OL8 3EP |
| New Bridge School | Not applicable | 5–19 | 728 | OL8 3PH |
| Hulme Grammar School | Not applicable | 3–18 | 579 | OL8 4BX |
| Coppice Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 525 | OL8 1AP |
| St Thomas CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 491 | OL8 1SE |
| Lyndhurst Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 460 | OL8 4JD |
| Oasis Academy Limeside | Primary | 2–11 | 452 | OL8 3SB |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in OL8
259 rated food businesses operate in OL8. 164 hold the top rating of 5, 29 are rated 4, and 25 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 247Hotel.com, Abaseen Oldham, Abbey Hey Care Home, Abbey Hills Local Shopper, Abbeyhills Grocery Store.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in OL8
From a sample of 245 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 OL8 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 45% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
2%
Band C
43%
Band D
36%
Band E
16%
Band F
2%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Oldham
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.