marketcodeAsking rent
£976 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
214 lets
Postcode district
OL6 rental market
Asking rent £976 a month · Gross yield 5.3% · 12 months, listings to Aug 2026
What is OL6?
- Buildings
- 11,960
- Mixed-use buildings
- 2.1%
- HMO-shaped units
- 43%
What does OL6 earn?
OL6: asking rent £976 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 214 lets).
Gross yield, asking basis
5.3% 12 months to Aug 2026
419 lets
+14.7% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
Homes to rent
73 on 20 Sep 2026
How does OL6 vary by home size?
Asking rent in OL6 runs from £745 a month for 1 bedroom to £1,178 a month for 3 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking rent | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £745 a month | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 119 |
| 2 bedrooms | £916 a month | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +0.3% on the previous 12 months | 196 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,178 a month | 12 months to Jul 2026 | -4.3% on the previous 12 months | 102 |
| 4 bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
Asking rent per calendar month by bedroom band: the monthly medians of lettings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Who owns OL6?
Corporate landlords hold 94% of the 727 units in OL6 whose freeholder is classified; 96% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords94% of classified · 683 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)3.7% of classified · 27 units
- Housing associations1.5% of classified · 11 units
- RMC0.8% of classified · 6 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does OL6 rank?
OL6 ranks 8th of 8 postcode districts in Tameside for asking rent, at £976 a month.
Asking rent · postcode districts in Tameside
OL6 ranks 8th of 8 postcode districts in Tameside for asking rent, at £976 a month.
| # | Area | Asking rent | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M43 | £1,151 a month | 185 | measured |
| 2 | OL5 | £1,049 a month | 62 | indicative |
| 3 | M34 | £1,021 a month | 314 | measured |
| 4 | SK16 | £1,018 a month | 90 | measured |
| 5 | SK14 | £1,001 a month | 276 | measured |
| 8 | OL6 | £976 a month | 214 | measured |
Full table: asking rent across postcode districts in Tameside →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Tameside
OL6 ranks 4th of 8 postcode districts in Tameside for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.3%.
Where next from OL6?
- TamesideThe wider market this area sits in.
- M34Neighbouring postcode district · £3,286/m²
- M43Neighbouring postcode district · £3,337/m²
- OL5Neighbouring postcode district · £3,338/m²
- OL7Neighbouring postcode district · £2,818/m²
- SK14Neighbouring postcode district · £2,819/m²
- SK15Neighbouring postcode district · £3,190/m²
- SK16Neighbouring postcode district · £2,945/m²
- OL4Next door, in another authority · £3,088/m²
- OL8Next door, in another authority · £2,570/m²
- M35Next door, in another authority · £2,949/m²
- OL3Next door, in another authority · £4,145/m²
- Homes for sale in OL6Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in OL6Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in OL6Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in OL6Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in OL6Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in OL6Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in OL6Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
Questions about OL6
- What is the average rent in OL6?
- Homes to let in OL6 asked a median £976 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 214 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in OL6?
- 5.3% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 419 lets. +14.7% on the previous 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 214 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 419 lets |
| Homes to rent | portal listings; observed forwards from 5 Sep 2026 | on 20 Sep 2026 | 20 Sep 2026 | — |