OL9 8JW
The median sold price for the postcode OL9 8JW is around £135,000, from 3 sales over the last 12 months. No significant flood risk has been identified for this area. Figures are area-level and indicative only, and are not a substitute for professional assessments.
Flood risk
Rivers & sea: None identified. Surface water: None identified.
House prices
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, based on sales in this exact postcode, last 12 months.
Range £120,000 – £213,750
Based on a small number of transactions in this sector — monthly medians swing widely, so treat the shape of this line with caution.
By property type
Median sold price by type across OL9 8, last 24 months.
- Terraced£157,500(164 sales)
- Semi-detached£218,000(92 sales)
- Flat£111,000(16 sales)
- DetachedToo few sales(4 sales)
Types shown greyed have few recent sales, and under 5 sales we show no median at all — the count is shown so you can judge it yourself.
OL9 8JW median £135,000 (12 months) vs the wider district £196,800 · England & Wales £283,000 (24 months).
Recorded crime
Greater Manchester Police doesn't currently publish street-level crime data, so we can't show crime here.
Broadband coverage
Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in OL9 8JW, compared with 97% across Oldham and 86.7% in England. Full fibre reaches 93.3% of premises across Oldham (England: 77.9%).
| Type of broadband | This postcode | Oldham | England | UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibrefibre all the way to the premises | n/a | 93.3% | 77.9% | 77.5% |
| Gigabit-capable1,000 Mbit/s available | 100% | 97% | 86.7% | 85.9% |
| Superfast30 Mbit/s or more available | 100% | 99.5% | 97.7% | 97.5% |
| Below the USOno decent connection available | 0% | 0.01% | 0.1% | 0.14% |
Deprivation
This neighbourhood is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025: more deprived than 88% of neighbourhoods in England.
Compared with Oldham: more deprived than 59% of its 142 neighbourhoods.
Selected measures
Decile for each measure, where 1 is the most deprived 10% in England.
- Income2of 10
- Employment2of 10
- Crime1of 10
- Living environment2of 10
Council tax
Most homes here are Band A (93%). Average Band D in Oldham is £2,602.23 for 2026/27.
That is 9% above the England average Band D of £2,391.52.
Average Band A in Oldham: £1,734.82 for 2026/27.
Homes by band in this neighbourhood
Share of the 740 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026.
- Band A93%
- Band B3%
- Band C3%
- Band D–
- Band E–
- Band F–
- Band G0%
- Band H0%
Nearest schools
The three closest state-funded primary and secondary schools in a straight line from the centre of this postcode, with what Ofsted published at each school's latest inspection. Special schools may appear in the list. Independent schools are not included.
Nearest primary schools
- Stanley Road Primary School0.2 miles (310 m)Ofsted, January 2024: GoodOfsted reports for Stanley Road Primary School (opens in a new tab) ↗
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.3 miles (410 m)Ofsted ungraded inspection, March 2023: School remains OutstandingOfsted reports for Corpus Christi RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (opens in a new tab) ↗
- Yew Tree Community School0.3 miles (480 m)Ofsted, October 2024: no overall grade given
- Quality of education Good
- Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement
- Personal development Good
- Leadership and management Good
Nearest secondary schools
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy0.7 miles (1.1 km)Ofsted, May 2023: Requires improvement (inspection of the school it replaced)Ofsted reports for Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (opens in a new tab) ↗
- Oasis Academy Oldham0.8 miles (1.3 km)Ofsted, June 2024: GoodOfsted reports for Oasis Academy Oldham (opens in a new tab) ↗
- The Radclyffe School1.1 miles (1.8 km)Ofsted, February 2024: Good (inspection of the school it replaced)Ofsted reports for The Radclyffe School (opens in a new tab) ↗
Public transport
The nearest station to OL9 8JW is South Chadderton (Manchester Metrolink), 0.2 miles (310 m) away in a straight line. There are 17 bus stops within 500 m.
Nearest stations
- 0.2 miles (310 m)South Chadderton (Manchester Metrolink)
- 0.6 miles (1.0 km)Freehold (Manchester Metrolink)
- 0.7 miles (1.1 km)Hollinwood (Manchester Metrolink)
How this area has changed
PostcodeLens combines saved monthly snapshots with views reconstructed from official source data, so you can compare today's figures with earlier months.
Show the full history (18 more months)
Saved snapshots are the monthly figures PostcodeLens has recorded since July 2026. Reconstructed views are assembled from official source data (HM Land Registry price paid, Police UK crime) to show earlier months; they carry no flood history.
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