Oldham
OL5 house prices in Oldham
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Oldham, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£197,000
Range £134,900–£350,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 May 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in OL5: the typical (median) sold price is £197,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). OL5 is an active market, with about 16 recorded sales a month. By property type, 64% were terraced homes (typically £183,750) and 21% were semi-detached homes (typically £270,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,602 a year: Oldham's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Oldham, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on OL5: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since May 2025 make OL5 a steady market, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
When selling here, £134,900 to £350,000 is what most OL5 buyers have actually paid, so narrow down to sold homes that match yours before you pick a price; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseFor buyers, OL5 sits well below the UK average for typical prices, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (526 applications on record within 500 m), whether it is freehold or leasehold and long-term flood risk, then hand the title to your conveyancer.
To see this next to flood, crime, planning and council tax, run the free OL5 OfferCheck; the Report explains what matters for your home.
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At a glance
OL5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£197,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
16.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,602
A year
On the map
Where OL5 sits in Oldham
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in OL5
90, STAMFORD ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£200,000
22, PRINCESS CLOSE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Terraced · Leasehold · 7 Aug 2026
£240,000
43, LORNE STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Terraced · Freehold · 6 Aug 2026
£180,000
12, KING STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Terraced · Freehold · 5 Aug 2026
£185,000
48, LOWER HEY LANE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Semi-detached · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£375,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). OL5 includes the Mossley ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in OL5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in OL5 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £340,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £143,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 15 | £340,000 | £280,400–£420,000 |
| Semi-detached | 49 | £270,000 | £199,999–£375,000 |
| Terraced | 150 | £183,750 | £132,200–£270,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 21 | £143,000 | £110,000–£170,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 May 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in OL5
The quarterly typical price fell 2.5%, from £197,500 in Q2 2025 (34 sales) to £192,500 in Q3 2026 (12 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £197,500 | 34 |
| Q3 2025 | £199,995 | 65 |
| Q4 2025 | £203,000 | 64 |
| Q1 2026 | £190,000 | 34 |
| Q2 2026 | £199,000 | 41 |
| Q3 2026 | £192,500 | 12 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 May 2025 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of OL5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most OL5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £134,900 and £350,000, around a typical £197,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 May 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in OL5
Terraced homes were 64% of recorded sales (150 of 235). 65% of sales were freehold and 35% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached6%
- Semi-detached21%
- Terraced64%
- Flat / maisonette9%
Tenure
- Freehold65%
- Leasehold35%
See the figures
162 freehold (65%) and 88 leasehold (35%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in OL5. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 9 May 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
43, LORNE STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
£150,000 (2025)£180,000 (2026)+20% over 0.8 yrs (+26%/yr)
QUICKMERE COURT, STAMFORD ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
£175,000 (2025)£149,000 (2026)-14.9% over 0.7 yrs (-20.4%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Oldham (OL5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £340,000 against £143,000 for flats: about 2.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- 35% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 16 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 9 May 2025 and 14 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on OL5
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in OL5
£2,602
Band D a year in Oldham, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,735 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,024 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,313 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,602 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,181 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,759 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,337 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,204 |
These are Oldham's charges for 2026-27, the authority OL5 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Oldham · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near OL5
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Minds Education.
All schools
Minds Education
Special schools · OL5 0BA
330 m
Not graded
Milton St John's CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OL5 0BN
361 m
Good · 2012
Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OL5 9DR
492 m
Good · 2013
St Joseph's RC Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OL5 0ES
499 m
Good · 2014
Livingstone Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OL5 0AP
544 m
Good · 2012
St George's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academies · OL5 0HT
662 m
Good · 2023
Mossley Hollins High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · OL5 9DP
712 m
Not graded
Buckton Vale Primary School
Primary · Academies · SK15 3NU
1.7 km
Good · 2014
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the OL5 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near OL5
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around OL5
526
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 4 October 2026.
Recent applications
Tameside/26/00658/LBCUndecided
291 m
Listed Building Consent: Boundary walls located within the curtilage of Woodend Mill, taken down to footings to install / improve pipework below ground. The walls will be rebuilt using the existing stones, damaged stones replaced with reclaimed stone where required so not to alter the appearance of the walls.
Received 2026-08-12
Tameside/26/00034/TPOUndecided
44 m
Tree works
Received 2026-06-10
Tameside/26/00429/HHPDRejected
379 m
Single storey rear extension. The length of the extension from the rear of the original house 6.00m. Maximum height of the extension 2.75m. Maximum height of eaves 3.75m
Received 2026-05-19 · decided 2026-06-25
Tameside/26/00425/HHPDRejected
391 m
Single storey rear extension. The length of the extension from the rear of the original house 6.00m. Maximum height of the extension 2.75m. Maximum height of eaves 3.75m
Received 2026-05-18 · decided 2026-05-18
Tameside/26/00387/FULPermitted
479 m
Raising of the Ridge Height, Front and Rear Dormer Extension
Received 2026-05-01 · decided 2026-06-30
Tameside/26/00334/FULUndecided
438 m
Conversion of an existing conservative club into 10 No. apartments and 1 No. 3 Storey 4 Bed Dwellinghouse. Existing single storey rear extensions to be demolished with new double storey rear extension to be erected with alterations to the existing fenestration. New hardstanding to the side and rear along with the installation of 2 New fences. Installation of bike and bin stores to the side and rear.
Received 2026-04-17
Applications are matched within 500 m of the OL5 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for OL5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 526 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 4 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for OL5
Decile 4 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled OL5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 7, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
OL5 0LJ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so OL5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in OL5: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in OL5, band by band
Oldham's council tax for 2026-27 set against the OL5 median sold price of £197,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearOldham | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £197,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,735 | £145 | 0.88% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,024 | £169 | 1.03% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,313 | £193 | 1.17% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,602 | £217 | 1.32% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,181 | £265 | 1.61% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,759 | £313 | 1.91% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,337 | £361 | 2.20% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,204 | £434 | 2.64% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the OL5 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Oldham, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in OL5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 243 distinct addresses in the records we hold for OL5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
90, STAMFORD ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0LJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-08-14
22, PRINCESS CLOSE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9PH · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-08-07
43, LORNE STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0HH · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£180,000
2026-08-06
12, KING STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9HX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-08-05
48, LOWER HEY LANE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9DE · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-31
345, STOCKPORT ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0RS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£298,000
2026-07-21
45, BRUNSWICK STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9NX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-07-10
BANK CHAMBERS, 1 - 3, OLD BROW, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0AX · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-10
17, BORDER MILL FOLD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9GD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£157,500
2026-07-09
200, MANCHESTER ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9BL · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£207,000
2026-07-07
71, BORDER MILL FOLD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9GD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£133,000
2026-07-03
QUICKMERE COURT, STAMFORD ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0DA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£149,000
2026-07-01
4, FOX PLATT TERRACE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0AH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-06-26
50, MICKLEHURST ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9NL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-06-25
31, MICKLEHURST ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9JF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£123,500
2026-06-24
13, MICKLEHURST ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9NL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£122,000
2026-06-18
BRITANNIA NEW MILL, QUEEN STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9AL · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,000,000
2026-06-18
14, ANDREW STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0DN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-06-17
8, QUICKEDGE ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0PR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£369,000
2026-06-15
54, QUICKEDGE ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0PH · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-06-15
5, EGERTON STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0QR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£189,000
2026-06-12
4, EARL STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 0LT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£199,000
2026-06-12
54, KING STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9HX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-06-11
38, WATERS REACH, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL5 9FG · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-06-11
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Nearby
Postcode districts near OL5
The closest districts to OL5 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in SK15 (Stalybridge) 2.2 miles
- House prices in OL4 (Oldham) 2.2 miles
- House prices in OL6 (Ashton-under-Lyne) 2.5 miles
- House prices in OL3 (Oldham) 2.7 miles
- House prices in OL8 (Oldham) 3.3 miles
- House prices in OL7 (Ashton-under-Lyne) 3.4 miles
- House prices in SK16 (Dukinfield) 3.5 miles
- House prices in OL1 (Oldham) 3.6 miles
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Data sources
Every OL5 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.