Postcode sector

Sector OL8 3 house prices

Lime Side & Garden Suburb · Oldham · district OL8 · 226 postcodes

Median £2,390 per m² over 151 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 2.8% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£2,390/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−2.7%
Sales, 24 months151with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,000/m² to £1,170/m²: 3 sales£1,170/m² to £1,340/m²: 3 sales£1,340/m² to £1,510/m²: 5 sales£1,510/m² to £1,680/m²: 8 sales£1,680/m² to £1,850/m²: 8 sales£1,850/m² to £2,020/m²: 14 sales£2,020/m² to £2,190/m²: 17 sales£2,190/m² to £2,360/m²: 14 sales£2,360/m² to £2,530/m²: 15 sales£2,530/m² to £2,700/m²: 12 sales£2,700/m² to £2,870/m²: 16 sales£2,870/m² to £3,050/m²: 12 sales£3,050/m² to £3,220/m²: 6 sales£3,220/m² to £3,390/m²: 3 sales£3,390/m² to £3,560/m²: 3 sales£3,560/m² to £3,730/m²: 4 sales£3,730/m² to £3,900/m²: 5 sales£4,070/m² to £4,240/m²: 1 sale£4,240/m² to £4,410/m²: 2 salesOL8 3OL8£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k
OL8 3
£2,390/m² middle · £1,980–£2,860/m² middle half · 151 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 3, 2026: 152OL8, 2026: 165Oldham houses, 2026: 137
  • OL8 3
  • 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 3District OL8
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−2.7%+0.5%−0.2%+3.1%
5 years+2.1%+7.2%+3.8%+9.1%
10 years+5.2%+8.8%+5.0%+8.6%
20 years+1.7%+4.5%+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. M35 9Failsworth East£2,330–£3,530/m²
  3. OL7 9Ashton Waterloo£2,250–£3,200/m²
  4. OL8 2Hathershaw£2,020–£3,090/m²
  5. OL8 3Lime Side & Garden Suburb£1,980–£2,860/m²
  6. OL9 7Werneth£1,710–£2,630/m²
  7. OL8 4Coppice£1,780–£2,580/m²
  8. OL8 1Oldham Town South£1,350–£2,130/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
Green Lane2796 m²£2,400/m²
Ashton Road2278 m²£1,810/m²
Hollins Road1970 m²£1,450/m²
Montgomery Street1482 m²£2,850/m²
Rowan Tree Road1381 m²£2,630/m²
Argus Street1268 m²£1,800/m²
Elm Road1194 m²£1,790/m²
Knott Lanes1085 m²£2,360/m²
Limeside Road972 m²£2,180/m²
Alton Street870 m²£1,190/m²
County Street870 m²£1,920/m²
Enfield Avenue868 m²£2,400/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.