OL8 postcode area

The OL8 postcode district spans 10 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Oldham. Area Scores range from 1 to 35 across them.

In summary

The strongest of the OL8 district's neighbourhoods is Holt Lane End & Bardsley (35 out of 100, #4,433 of 6,856 in England) and the weakest Oldham Town South (1). 9 of the 10 rank in the most-deprived third of England; none reaches the least-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £140,000 in Oldham Town South to £240,000 in Holt Lane End & Bardsley — a 1.7× gap within the OL8 district.

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NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Holt Lane End & BardsleyOldham 4,43335 £240,000
Failsworth EastOldham 5,77716 £180,000
CoppiceOldham 6,10611 £191,750
Chadderton South EastOldham 6,2579 £165,000
Lime Side & Garden SuburbOldham 6,4766 £220,000
AltOldham 6,5794 £194,000
WernethOldham 6,6273 £156,500
HathershawOldham 6,6683 £205,995
Alexandra ParkOldham 6,7232 £152,500
Oldham Town SouthOldham 6,7781 £140,000

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around OL8.

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so figures are shown per neighbourhood rather than as a single postcode average — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.