Typical 3-bedroom house£228kmost £181k–£274k
Houses per m²£2,681flats £1,925
Sold last year1591,255 in five years
Prices in Tameside-0.1%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in OL6 sold for £228,143 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £181,486 and £273,756, for about 87 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across Ashton-Under-Lyne (£224,000).
159 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £92k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in OL6 7 (£1,892) and the most in OL6 9 (£2,840).
Across Tameside, prices are down 0.1% on a year ago and up 24.4% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,063 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,040 a month at 4.5% over 30 years.
Questions about OL6
Is OL6 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across Ashton-Under-Lyne; prices in Tameside are down 0.1% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (74% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (67.9% against 43.8%); 159 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in OL6?
A typical 3-bedroom house in OL6 sold for £228,143 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £181,486 and £273,756.
Is OL6 expensive for Ashton-Under-Lyne?
A 3-bedroom house in OL6 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across Ashton-Under-Lyne (£224,000).
How many homes sell in OL6 each year?
159 homes sold in the last year and 1,255 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near OL6?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Holden Clough Primary School, where 74% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near OL6?
For a 3-bedroom house, OL8 (£196k, 4 km), OL1 (£199k, 6 km).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.