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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
143
Population
517
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
127
England❚OL8 1FA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
65

Age Groups

Population
517
Under 16
35%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
10%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
335
Single
90
Married
211
Separated
10
Divorced
11
Widowed
13

Health

Population
517
Very good
226
Good
178
Fair
78
Bad
24
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
335
England❚OL8 1FA❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
59
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
45
No qualifications
98

Ethnicity

Population
517
White British
47
White Irish
1
White Other
14
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
240
Asian Bangladeshi
133
Asian Other
58
Black African
4
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
517
England
285
Scotland
1
Germany
3
Italy
4
Spain
2
Poland
4
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
4
Bangladesh
43
India
4
Pakistan
113
Philippines
6

Religion

Population
517
Christian
60
Hindu
11
Muslim
409
No religion
13
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
160
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
18
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
21
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
320
England❚OL8 1FA❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
28
Unemployed
32
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
40
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
48
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
10
Unemployed - Long term
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
65
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
10
Detached
7
Semi detached
20
Terraced
123
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
26
Two people
19
Three people
27
Four people
26
Five people
22
Six people
16
Seven people
1
Eight or over
6

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