OL7 0BY House Prices & Local Information

OL7 0BY is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.2km from Ryecroft in Ashton-under-Lyne. Administratively it sits within St Peter's ward and the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, OL7 0BY is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. The daytime character shifts — non-white workforce in manufacturing and transport. An average age of 35 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 64% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 35% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Tameside. Full-time employment stands at 19% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for OL7 0BY are sourced from Output Area E00030134 (shared with 14 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.