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Administrative Areas

Ward
Medlock Vale
Local Authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham West and Royton
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
129
Population
557
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
113
England❚OL8 1AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
61

Age Groups

Population
557
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
23%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
367
Single
99
Married
226
Separated
6
Divorced
16
Widowed
20

Health

Population
557
Very good
280
Good
177
Fair
68
Bad
25
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
367
England❚OL8 1AR❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
56
No qualifications
121

Ethnicity

Population
557
White British
32
White Other
14
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
55
Asian Pakistani
327
Asian Bangladeshi
66
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
46
Black African
2
Black Other
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
557
England
295
Wales
2
Germany
3
Italy
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
5
Kenya
7
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
7
Bangladesh
27
India
33
Pakistan
148
Sri Lanka
5

Religion

Population
557
Christian
46
Buddhist
1
Hindu
60
Muslim
411
No religion
6
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
164
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
42
Transport and storage
19
Accommodation and food
24
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
13
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
353
England❚OL8 1AR❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
27
Unemployed
19
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
58
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
61
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
43
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
3
Detached
10
Semi detached
13
Terraced
104
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
11
Two people
22
Three people
18
Four people
17
Five people
26
Six people
17
Seven people
7
Eight or over
11

Nearby postcodes

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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