Postcode sector

Sector OL8 1 house prices

Oldham Town South · Oldham · district OL8 · 205 postcodes

Median £1,800 per m² over 73 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, up 2.4% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£1,800/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+2.4%
Sales, 24 months73with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£690/m² to £820/m²: 2 sales£820/m² to £950/m²: 5 sales£950/m² to £1,080/m²: 3 sales£1,080/m² to £1,210/m²: 4 sales£1,210/m² to £1,340/m²: 4 sales£1,340/m² to £1,470/m²: 3 sales£1,470/m² to £1,600/m²: 9 sales£1,600/m² to £1,730/m²: 6 sales£1,730/m² to £1,870/m²: 7 sales£1,870/m² to £2,000/m²: 7 sales£2,000/m² to £2,130/m²: 4 sales£2,130/m² to £2,260/m²: 2 sales£2,260/m² to £2,390/m²: 2 sales£2,390/m² to £2,520/m²: 7 sales£2,520/m² to £2,650/m²: 4 sales£2,650/m² to £2,780/m²: 1 sale£3,040/m² to £3,180/m²: 1 sale£3,180/m² to £3,310/m²: 2 salesOL8 1OL8£0£1k£2k£3k£4k
OL8 1
£1,800/m² middle · £1,350–£2,130/m² middle half · 73 sales
District OL8
£2,310/m² middle · £1,840–£2,870/m² middle half · 526 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)

010020030040020052010201520202025OL8 1, 2026: 160OL8, 2026: 165Oldham houses, 2026: 137
  • OL8 1
  • OL8
  • 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
OverOL8 1District OL8
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+2.4%+5.7%−0.2%+3.1%
5 years+5.7%+11.0%+3.8%+9.1%
10 years+4.5%+8.1%+5.0%+8.6%
20 years+0.8%+3.6%+1.7%+4.5%

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. OL8 2Hathershaw£2,020–£3,090/m²
  3. OL8 3Lime Side & Garden Suburb£1,980–£2,860/m²
  4. OL9 7Werneth£1,710–£2,630/m²
  5. OL8 4Coppice£1,780–£2,580/m²
  6. OL8 1Oldham Town South£1,350–£2,130/m²
  7. OL9 6Busk£1,180–£2,230/m²
  8. OL4 1Alexandra Park£1,270–£1,900/m²
  9. OL1 1Oldham Town SouthToo few sales
  10. OL1 9Alexandra ParkToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Schofield Street1157 m²£1,930/m²
Ralstone Avenue1067 m²£1,990/m²
Belgrave Road997 m²£1,240/m²
Gainsborough Avenue9109 m²£1,330/m²
Harper Street978 m²£1,670/m²
Lune Street981 m²£990/m²
Wellington Road968 m²£1,790/m²
Windsor Road8116 m²£1,690/m²
Chelmsford Street768 m²£1,180/m²
Villa Road785 m²£1,180/m²
Copster Hill Road684 m²£1,550/m²
Kenyon Avenue664 m²£1,670/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.