Renting in Oldham
Median asking rent · all sizes · 392 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Oldham is £950 a month, from 392 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £675/moasking · 70 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £950/moasking · 169 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,195/moasking · 81 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £1,700/moasking · 48 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £600/moasking · 73 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Oldham by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/oldham, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Oldham
Oldham currently has 465 rental listings on the property sites we track, 392 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Oldham is £950 a month, from 392 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 85 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 78% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £750 a month in OL1 (57 live listings) to £1,200 in OL8 (29 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Oldham (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Oldham, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Oldham is £675 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Oldham is £950 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 169 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Oldham is £1,195 a month, 26% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 81 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Oldham is £1,700 a month, 79% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Oldham is £600 a month, from 73 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Oldham is £951 a month, up 13.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+13.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+58%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself. How we measure this
Affordability · ONS ASHE
Renters in Oldham spend an estimated 39% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£29,124/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
39%
Affordable for most renters.
Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials. How we measure this
Property types
18% of listings
62% of listings
20% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 64% of the 236 houses currently advertised in Oldham.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 284 live listings in 5 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Oldham, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/oldham, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Oldham
Live signal across 465 Oldham rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
84%
of 131 Oldham listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
71%
of 129 Oldham listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
85 homes came onto the Oldham rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Park Street, Oldham OL2
1 bed property
Hollins Road, Oldham OL8
Studio property
Tamworth Street, Oldham OL9
3 bed property
Huddersfield Road, Oldham OL4
2 bed property
Broadway, Chadderton, Oldham OL9
3 bed property
Arncliffe Rise, Oldham OL4
1 bed flat/apartment
5 bed room
2 bed house
4 bed house
3 bed house
2 bed terraced house
2 Bed Terraced House, Salem Grove, OL4
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Huddersfield Road, OL4
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Minor St, M35
2 bed semi-detached house
2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Oldham Road, M35
4 bed room
Room in a Shared House, Sharples Hall St, OL4
3 bed terraced house
3 Bed Terraced House, Grafton Street, M35
2 bed terraced house
Mayfield Rd, Oldham OL LG
1 bed flat/apartment
Milne Street, Chadderton, OL9
2 bed semi-detached house
Milnrow Road, Oldham, OL2
2 bed flat/apartment
Rochdale Road, Royton
5 bed terraced house
Flint Hill Way, Oldham, OL8
2 bed terraced house
Mayall St East, Oldham, OL4
2 bed terraced house
Cheltenham Street, Oldham, OL1
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Oldham. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Oldham homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 98,790 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
A
most common band
Mean band
2.02
≈ Band B–C
Stock
99k
98,790 properties
Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.
Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
94% of Oldham premises can already get full-fibre and 98% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
94%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
98%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
491 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Oldham), July 2025, covering 94,739 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
40% of Oldham homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.
Bands A–C
40%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
60%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
91k
90,909 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Oldham. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
20 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Oldham centroid. The five closest:
The Springboard Project
Not applicable · Free schools special · OL1 1AN
The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy
Secondary · Free schools · OL9 6BP
Oldham Sixth Form College
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · OL8 1XU
Northmoor Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · OL9 6AQ
Richmond Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · OL9 6HY
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Oldham centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Oldham is £950 a month, from 392 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Oldham is £675 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 70 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Oldham is £950 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 169 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Oldham is £1,195 a month, 26% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 81 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Oldham is £1,700 a month, 79% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 48 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Oldham is £600 a month, from 73 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 465 rental properties available in Oldham, with 85 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across North West
How Oldham compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/oldham, updated 28 October 2026.
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