OL7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ashton-under-Lyne, Guide Bridge and Waterloo, in Tameside.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OL7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 87% of people in OL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How OL7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of OL7?
OL7 had 18,069 usual residents at the census.
OL7 is the 1,182nd least populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in OL7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OL7 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in OL7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tameside 002D | 1,633 | No figure | 9 | 99.8% |
| Tameside 005A | 1,496 | No figure | 2 | 97.8% |
| Tameside 005B | 1,376 | No figure | 5 | 97.9% |
| Tameside 005C | 1,561 | No figure | 3 | 99.2% |
| Tameside 005D | 1,607 | No figure | 2 | 100.0% |
| Tameside 005E | 1,952 | No figure | 2 | 98.3% |
| Tameside 006E | 1,746 | No figure | 2 | 98.2% |
| Tameside 013B | 2,175 | No figure | 1 | 90.0% |
| Tameside 013C | 1,857 | No figure | 2 | 96.3% |
| Tameside 013E | 2,297 | No figure | 1 | 99.6% |
| Tameside 013G | 1,371 | No figure | 1 | 93.7% |
Your MP
- Angela RaynerLabourMP for Ashton-under-Lyne
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in OL72
Postcode sectors in OL72
Council1
Towns in OL71
Postcode districts next to OL76
Nearest rail stations4
More in the OL postcode area2
OL7 in brief
OL7 is a postcode district covering Ashton-under-Lyne, Guide Bridge and Waterloo, in Tameside.
About 18,657 people lived in OL7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £199,000 in 2025 across 161 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in OL7 was £199,000 in 2025.
OL7 had 18,069 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in OL7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OL7, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.