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Postcode sector

Sector OL4 2 house prices

Waterhead · Oldham · district OL4 · 227 postcodes

Median £2,500 per m² over 175 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 6.6% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£2,500/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−6.6%
Sales, 24 months175with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£840/m² to £1,020/m²: 5 sales£1,020/m² to £1,190/m²: 1 sale£1,190/m² to £1,370/m²: 7 sales£1,370/m² to £1,540/m²: 7 sales£1,540/m² to £1,720/m²: 8 sales£1,720/m² to £1,900/m²: 15 sales£1,900/m² to £2,070/m²: 12 sales£2,070/m² to £2,250/m²: 17 sales£2,250/m² to £2,430/m²: 10 sales£2,430/m² to £2,600/m²: 13 sales£2,600/m² to £2,780/m²: 12 sales£2,780/m² to £2,960/m²: 27 sales£2,960/m² to £3,130/m²: 9 sales£3,130/m² to £3,310/m²: 10 sales£3,310/m² to £3,480/m²: 7 sales£3,480/m² to £3,660/m²: 5 sales£3,660/m² to £3,840/m²: 4 sales£3,840/m² to £4,010/m²: 3 sales£4,190/m² to £4,370/m²: 3 salesOL4 2OL4£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k
OL4 2
£2,500/m² middle · £1,920–£2,920/m² middle half · 175 sales
District OL4
£2,580/m² middle · £2,070–£3,160/m² middle half · 783 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025OL4 2, 2026: 130OL4, 2026: 120Oldham houses, 2026: 137
  • OL4 2
  • OL4
  • Oldham houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverOL4 2District OL4
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−6.6%−3.5%−6.0%−2.9%
5 years−1.6%+3.3%−0.9%+4.1%
10 years+1.8%+5.3%+1.4%+4.9%
20 years+0.9%+3.7%+0.7%+3.6%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²
  1. UB9 6Harefield£4,860–£6,320/m²
  2. OL3 5Diggle, Delph & Denshaw£2,840–£4,200/m²
  3. OL4 4Springhead & Grasscroft£2,550–£3,640/m²
  4. OL2 8Clough & Shaw Side£2,130–£3,150/m²
  5. OL4 5Alt£2,190–£3,010/m²
  6. OL4 2Waterhead£1,920–£2,920/m²
  7. OL4 3Lees & Hey£2,020–£2,990/m²
  8. OL1 4Derker£1,920–£2,880/m²
  9. OL1 3Oldham Town North£1,500–£2,100/m²
  10. OL4 1Alexandra Park£1,270–£1,900/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Ripponden Road4080 m²£2,110/m²
Saffron Drive1798 m²£2,700/m²
Haugh Hill Road1676 m²£2,730/m²
Haven Lane1681 m²£2,650/m²
Celandine Close15120 m²£2,880/m²
Herbert Street1474 m²£1,560/m²
Huddersfield Road1480 m²£1,700/m²
Sharples Hall Street1477 m²£1,550/m²
Counthill Road1385 m²£2,630/m²
Top Street1376 m²£1,660/m²
Redgrave Street1290 m²£1,270/m²
Bramble Avenue1076 m²£2,220/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.