JOHNSON AVENUE, OL1 4RD House Prices & Local Information

OL1 4RD is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Johnson Avenue, 0.4km from Besom Hill in Oldham. Administratively it sits within St James' ward and the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, OL1 4RD is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. An average age of 39 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 51% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 0 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £150k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. 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 OL1 4RD are sourced from Output Area E00165781 (shared with 4 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.