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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
110
Population
285
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
74
England❚OL2 8LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
230
Single
42
Married
153
Separated
7
Divorced
16
Widowed
12

Health

Population
285
Very good
152
Good
95
Fair
33
Bad
3
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
230
England❚OL2 8LF❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
93
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
264
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
10
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
270
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Germany
3
Kenya
1
India
1
Pakistan
4

Religion

Population
285
Christian
241
Hindu
3
Muslim
11
No religion
17
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
143
Mining
1
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
7
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
25
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚OL2 8LF❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
16
Unemployed
3
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
110
Owned outright
61
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6

Housing Types

All categoies
110
Occupied
110
Detached
96
Semi detached
10
Terraced
4

Household Size

All categoies
110
One person
12
Two people
58
Three people
14
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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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