OL9Oldham, England

House prices in OL9, Oldham

Homes in OL9 sold for a median of £200,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 768 standard sales.

That makes it the seventh most expensive of the 16 OL postcode districts with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£200,000768 standard sales
Middle half of prices£158,000 to £250,000
Against the Oldham council area5% belowOldham median £210,000

Prices by property type

Standard sales in OL9, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached91£335,000£270,000 to £401,000Too few
Semi-detached310£230,500£198,000 to £263,000Too few
Terraced343£165,000£140,000 to £190,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes24£113,500£99,000 to £129,000Too few

Only 27 sales here are linked to an energy certificate with a floor area, so treat the per m² figures as a rough guide.

Terraced houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers here, at 45% and 40% of sales.

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Where prices are higher in OL9

Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in OL9 0, around Chadderton, with a median of £234,000, and lowest in OL9 6, around Chadderton and Oldham, at £135,000. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.

Each dot is a postcode in OL9 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.

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Each dot sits at the centre of its postcode, so it marks a street or part of one, not a single home. Medians mix all types of home, so a street of flats looks cheaper than a street of houses.
List the 101 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in OL9, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
OL9 0ND£425,5004
OL9 9GE£403,0007
OL9 9FP£402,5004
OL9 0BP£390,0003
OL9 0GL£350,0003
OL9 9FY£332,5006
OL9 9NX£320,0003
OL9 9UT£309,0004
OL9 9PA£302,0003
OL9 9JN£288,5004
OL9 0QA£285,0003
OL9 0NG£277,5004
OL9 8DP£275,0003
OL9 0NL£270,0003
OL9 9SG£270,0007
OL9 9US£270,0003
OL9 0RQ£267,5005
OL9 0BE£262,5004
OL9 0AS£262,0003
OL9 9DJ£258,5006
OL9 0NS£255,0003
OL9 8HE£255,0003
OL9 0PU£252,5004
OL9 0NT£251,5004
OL9 8RR£250,0004
OL9 9PW£250,0003
OL9 0EL£246,5004
OL9 0QX£246,5006
OL9 0BA£245,0005
OL9 9QX£245,0004
OL9 0PT£240,0003
OL9 0PW£240,0003
OL9 9DW£240,0003
OL9 8DY£239,0003
OL9 9QR£239,0004
OL9 0BD£237,0004
OL9 0AE£235,0003
OL9 9PL£234,0007
OL9 0RB£230,0005
OL9 9SB£230,0003
OL9 9QS£227,0006
OL9 9JG£225,0005
OL9 9PJ£224,0004
OL9 8DH£223,0003
OL9 8PL£221,0004
OL9 8PS£221,0003
OL9 8AS£218,0005
OL9 8HX£216,5003
OL9 8DD£215,0005
OL9 9RN£215,0003
OL9 0QG£212,5004
OL9 0AD£210,0003
OL9 8PH£210,0003
OL9 0RA£209,5004
OL9 0LT£209,0004
OL9 9PQ£205,0005
OL9 9RR£201,0004
OL9 0NQ£200,0003
OL9 8LW£195,0003
OL9 9RT£195,0004
OL9 9RZ£194,0003
OL9 9SN£194,0003
OL9 7BP£192,0003
OL9 9QT£192,0003
OL9 8HF£190,0003
OL9 8AB£186,5003
OL9 7JB£185,0007
OL9 9PF£185,0003
OL9 9PU£182,5004
OL9 0DU£180,0003
OL9 8AD£180,0007
OL9 8AG£177,5006
OL9 7QX£175,0004
OL9 8LT£175,0003
OL9 9SP£174,5004
OL9 8LS£169,5006
OL9 0LW£169,0003
OL9 8HH£167,0003
OL9 9DG£166,5004
OL9 7HT£164,0004
OL9 8PE£162,0003
OL9 7RY£160,0005
OL9 8JR£160,0003
OL9 8ND£160,0005
OL9 8NZ£160,0003
OL9 8HN£158,0003
OL9 9LX£158,0004
OL9 8NT£157,0003
OL9 0JL£150,0005
OL9 7JP£150,0005
OL9 6SD£146,5004
OL9 8JS£143,5008
OL9 9TG£142,5006
OL9 0JN£141,0004
OL9 6LU£135,0003
OL9 0QE£134,5003
OL9 8QW£130,0004
OL9 9HA£130,0003
OL9 6RS£129,0003
OL9 7QB£126,0003
OL9 8BT£125,0007

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £109,500
  2. 2017: £118,000
  3. 2018: £118,500
  4. 2019: £136,000
  5. 2020: £147,000
  6. 2021: £167,500
  7. 2022: £185,000
  8. 2023: £188,500
  9. 2024: £190,000
  10. 2025: £195,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £210,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 78%, from £109,500 in 2016 to £195,000 in 2025, more than the 52% rise for a typical district in the North West.

Coal mining

All 972 live postcodes in OL9 are in the Mining Remediation Authority's coal mining reporting area, so expect your conveyancer to order a mining report with the other conveyancing searches. It does not mean a home is affected (what the report covers).

Postcode districts in the Oldham council area

Median sale price of the 7 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. OL9 is the third cheapest.

  1. OL3 Oldham£331,000
  2. M35 Manchester£220,000
  3. OL2 Oldham£220,000
  4. OL4 Oldham£201,000
  5. OL9 Oldham, this district£200,000
  6. OL8 Oldham£180,000
  7. OL1 Oldham£172,500

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in OL9, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
A10.1%, England and Wales 0.4%
B131.5%, England and Wales 4.8%
C56765.7%, England and Wales 46.9%
D24628.5%, England and Wales 38.1%
E252.9%, England and Wales 7.3%
F70.8%, England and Wales 1.9%
G40.5%, England and Wales 0.6%

67% of homes put up for sale were rated C or better, against 52% across England and Wales.

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of OL9, from the sales in OL9, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. Chadderton North 254 sales£246,500
  2. Chadderton South 285 sales£192,000
  3. Chadderton Central 178 sales£170,000
  4. Werneth 53 sales£163,500
  5. Coldhurst 30 sales£135,000

Leasehold homes

64% of sales in OL9 were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales. Only 3% were flats, so some houses here are leasehold too: ask who owns the freehold, what the ground rent is and whether you could buy the freehold.

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £115,000 for a flat on Fields New Road to £550,000 for a detached house on Chadderton Park Road.

The latest standard sales recorded in OL9. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.

  1. 85 Fields New RoadSold for £115,000OL9 8BTSold on 18 Sep 2026Flat
  2. 19 Dalton StreetSold for £210,000OL9 9HFSold on 18 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  3. 507 Foxdenton LaneSold for £205,000OL9 9QSSold on 14 Sep 2026Terraced
  4. 206 Hunt LaneSold for £290,000OL9 0LRSold on 11 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  5. 130 Chadderton Park RoadSold for £550,000OL9 0QTSold on 11 Sep 2026Detached
  6. 2 Horton CloseSold for £330,000OL9 9FRSold on 10 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  7. 1103 Middleton RoadSold for £187,000OL9 0NWSold on 8 Sep 2026Terraced
  8. 51 Avon RoadSold for £233,000OL9 0PHSold on 8 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  9. 397 Foxdenton LaneSold for £235,000OL9 9QSSold on 4 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  10. 62 Suffolk StreetSold for £120,000OL9 7DHSold on 4 Sep 2026Flat

Streets with the most standard sales, with their median price, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Middleton Road, Chadderton£191,50034 sales
  • Broadway, Chadderton£237,50028 sales
  • Denton Lane, Chadderton£162,00023 sales
  • Coalshaw Green Road, Chadderton£148,00015 sales
  • Fields New Road, Chadderton£140,50014 sales

Living in OL9

Crime

No figures for OL9

Greater Manchester Police has not sent street-level crime data to police.uk since July 2019.

Gigabit broadband

Across its postcodes, an average of 98% of homes can get it

Higher than 91 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

66% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all postcode districts.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,602 a year in Oldham for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 89 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in OL9, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 1900111.3%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 192918521.4%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 194914116.3%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 196623126.8%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 198214717.0%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 1995718.2%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 2011687.9%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later91.0%, England and Wales 5.7%

About these figures

The figures come from 768 standard sales in OL9 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, fewer than 1 in 10 were flats.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.