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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
129
Population
396
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚OL4 3HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
396
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
289
Single
66
Married
185
Separated
6
Divorced
23
Widowed
9

Health

Population
396
Very good
213
Good
109
Fair
55
Bad
15
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
289
England❚OL4 3HJ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
74
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
396
White British
273
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
6
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
81
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
5
Black African
4
Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
396
England
329
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
3
Romania
1
Ghana
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
4
China
1
India
3
Pakistan
34
Sri Lanka
2
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
396
Christian
235
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
90
Other
1
No religion
48
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
188
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
44
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
20
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
281
England❚OL4 3HJ❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
30
Unemployed
15
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
77
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
2
Detached
56
Semi detached
66
Terraced
9

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
17
Two people
41
Three people
19
Four people
33
Five people
10
Six people
7
Seven people
1
Eight or over
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