Oldham
OL6 house prices in Oldham
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Oldham, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£175,750
Range £110,000–£305,250 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 24 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in OL6: the typical (median) sold price is £175,750, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). OL6 is an active market, with about 25 recorded sales a month. By property type, 52% were terraced homes (typically £150,000) and 34% were semi-detached homes (typically £215,000).
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 OL6: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 25 homes a month change hands in OL6, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, the £110,000 to £305,250 range is where most OL6 sales landed, so compare like with like on type, size and condition; roughly 25 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in OL6 sit well below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
On any OL6 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (430 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,602 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
The free OL6 OfferCheck pulls sold prices, flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools into one sourced page; the Report says which matter for the home you have in mind.
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At a glance
OL6 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£175,750
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
25.3
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,602
A year
On the map
Where OL6 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 OL6
1, ABINGDON STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£170,000
18, CURRIER LANE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£181,000
113, HENRIETTA STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Terraced · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£160,000
AUDLEY COURT, AUDLEY STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 Aug 2026
£120,000
11, BROADHURST GROVE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£215,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). OL6 includes the Alexandra ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in OL6
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in OL6 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £339,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £120,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 22 | £339,000 | £278,700–£459,950 |
| Semi-detached | 77 | £215,000 | £152,400–£308,500 |
| Terraced | 118 | £150,000 | £110,000–£193,900 |
| Flat / maisonette | 11 | £120,000 | £79,000–£135,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 24 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in OL6
The quarterly typical price fell 14.7%, from £174,750 in Q4 2025 (71 sales) to £149,000 in Q3 2026 (25 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £174,750 | 71 |
| Q1 2026 | £180,250 | 98 |
| Q2 2026 | £179,000 | 56 |
| Q3 2026 | £149,000 | 25 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 24 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of OL6 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most OL6 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £110,000 and £305,250, around a typical £175,750.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 24 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in OL6
Terraced homes were 52% of recorded sales (118 of 228). 75% of sales were freehold and 25% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached10%
- Semi-detached34%
- Terraced52%
- Flat / maisonette5%
Tenure
- Freehold75%
- Leasehold25%
See the figures
187 freehold (75%) and 63 leasehold (25%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in OL6, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 24 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
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 (OL6) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £339,000 against £120,000 for flats: about 2.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 25 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 24 October 2025 and 21 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 OL6
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 OL6
£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 OL6 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 OL6
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School.
All schools
Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OL6 8JS
135 m
Good · 2013
Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OL6 9JJ
232 m
Good · 2022
St James' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · OL6 9HU
351 m
Good · 2015
The Heys Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OL6 9NS
421 m
Good · 2017
Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne
Primary · Academies · OL6 6NN
729 m
Good · 2023
Ashton Sixth Form College
16 plus · Academies · OL6 9RL
742 m
Not graded
Oasis Academy Broadoak
Primary · Academies · OL6 8QG
759 m
Good · 2021
Tameside College
16 plus · Colleges · OL6 6NX
821 m
Not graded
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 OL6 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 OL6
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 OL6
430
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Tameside/26/00321/FULWithdrawn
434 m
Change of use from vacant dental surgery (Use Class E) to a residential 5 bed HMO (Use Class C4), alongside cycle and refuse storage and associated minor external alterations.
Received 2026-04-14 · decided 2026-06-08
Tameside/26/00236/FULPermitted
483 m
Alternation of the existing ground floor retail unit to create two separate commercial units, including internal reconfigurations to provide a shared staff breakroom and shared storage area, along with a new shopfront.
Received 2026-03-18 · decided 2026-05-12
Tameside/26/00232/CPUDPermitted
414 m
Proposed single storey rear extension
Received 2026-03-17 · decided 2026-05-07
Tameside/26/00111/CLUDPermitted
467 m
Lawful Development Certificate for Existing Use: Conversion of the property from residential (Use Class C3) to 3-6 person HMO (Use Class C4) having been this continuously since August 2020.
Received 2026-02-09 · decided 2026-04-02
Tameside/26/00100/FULUndecided
235 m
Co-living scheme (Sui Generis) comprising 36 units (incl. ensuite and kitchenettes), shared communal kitchen/dining facilities, communal social space and gym, a publicly accessible café and launderette (Use Class E) and 4 self contained flats.
Received 2026-02-03
Tameside/26/00099/FULRejected
385 m
Change of use of first floor from storage/distribution (Use Class B8) to 1no. 3 bed self contained flat (Use Class C3) with external alterations
Received 2026-02-03 · decided 2026-04-28
Applications are matched within 500 m of the OL6 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 OL6 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 430 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for OL6
Decile 3 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 OL6 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 5, with a median of decile 3 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
OL6 6PN, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 3 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 OL6 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in OL6: 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 OL6, band by band
Oldham's council tax for 2026-27 set against the OL6 median sold price of £175,750 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÷ £175,750 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,735 | £145 | 0.99% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,024 | £169 | 1.15% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,313 | £193 | 1.32% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,602 | £217 | 1.48% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,181 | £265 | 1.81% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,759 | £313 | 2.14% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,337 | £361 | 2.47% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,204 | £434 | 2.96% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the OL6 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 OL6 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 243 distinct addresses in the records we hold for OL6. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
1, ABINGDON STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6PN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-08-21
18, CURRIER LANE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6TE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£181,000
2026-08-21
113, HENRIETTA STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 8PB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-08-10
AUDLEY COURT, AUDLEY STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6RB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-08-07
11, BROADHURST GROVE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 8RY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-08-07
73, PRINCESS STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 9QJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£144,500
2026-08-05
THE WOODLANDS ON STAMFORD, STAMFORD STREET EAST, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6QG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£80,000
2026-07-30
54, KINDER AVENUE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 9BN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£149,000
2026-07-28
88, WHITEACRE ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 9PJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£125,000
2026-07-28
41, CARLISLE CRESCENT, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 8UJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-24
44, KENYON STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 7DU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£145,000
2026-07-24
8, CRAWFORD MEWS, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6DX · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-07-24
145, WHITEACRE ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 9PS · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-07-24
101, DARNTON ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6RL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-07-21
53, ALEXANDRA STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 9QR · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-07-21
89, CRAWFORD STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6TT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£148,000
2026-07-17
66, DERBY ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6NY · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£201,000
2026-07-16
31, ALEXANDRA STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 9QR · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£137,500
2026-07-08
53, HENRIETTA STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6HW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£156,000
2026-07-08
6, MELBOURNE STREET SOUTH, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6HR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£143,000
2026-07-07
3, HERRIES STREET, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6PU · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-06
80, PALACE ROAD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 8HL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£228,000
2026-07-06
11, LOWER CARRS, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 9JG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£135,000
2026-07-02
16A, MARKET AVENUE, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6AL · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-01
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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Postcode districts near OL6
The closest districts to OL6 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in OL7 (Ashton-under-Lyne) 0.9 miles
- House prices in SK16 (Dukinfield) 1.4 miles
- House prices in SK15 (Stalybridge) 1.7 miles
- House prices in OL8 (Oldham) 2.5 miles
- House prices in OL5 (Ashton-under-Lyne) 2.5 miles
- House prices in M43 (Manchester) 2.7 miles
- House prices in M34 (Manchester) 3 miles
- House prices in M35 (Manchester) 3 miles
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Data sources
Every OL6 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.