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Administrative Areas

Ward
Shaw
Local Authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
115
Population
261
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚OL2 8DA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
261
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
226
Single
50
Married
129
Separated
9
Divorced
20
Widowed
18

Health

Population
261
Very good
115
Good
98
Fair
37
Bad
7
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
226
England❚OL2 8DA❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
261
White British
252
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3

Country of Birth

Population
261
England
254
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Poland
1
Turkey
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
261
Christian
199
Muslim
1
No religion
51
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
130
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
3
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚OL2 8DA❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
27
Unemployed
6
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
12

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
6
Detached
16
Semi detached
79
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
29
Two people
49
Three people
18
Four people
15
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

OL2 8GB OL2 8GA OL2 8DS OL2 8DQ OL2 8DN OL2 8DG OL2 8DW OL2 8DE OL2 8DF OL2 8NB OL2 8NA

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019