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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
139
Population
257
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚OL8 2AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
50

Age Groups

Population
257
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
210
Single
69
Married
70
Separated
11
Divorced
31
Widowed
29

Health

Population
257
Very good
76
Good
81
Fair
55
Bad
33
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
210
England❚OL8 2AR❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
15
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
113

Ethnicity

Population
257
White British
244
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
257
England
244
Scotland
6
Ireland
2
Middle East
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
257
Christian
187
Hindu
1
Muslim
3
No religion
39
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
82
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
182
England❚OL8 2AR❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
15
Unemployed
11
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
92
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
1
Detached
7
Semi detached
88
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
67
Two people
41
Three people
20
Four people
8
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

OL8 2NX OL8 2AQ OL8 2AH OL8 2AN OL8 2AF OL8 1NP OL8 2AB OL8 2AE OL8 2AD OL8 2NU OL8 2LZ OL8 1NS OL8 1NR OL8 1PH OL8 1PA OL8 1NT OL8 1PN OL8 1PQ OL8 1LX OL8 1PJ OL8 2JP OL8 1NX OL8 2LA OL8 2LB OL8 2JZ OL8 2JY OL8 2JR OL8 1NU OL8 1LU OL8 2LP OL8 2LX OL8 2PE OL8 2LU OL8 2JU OL8 2JT OL8 2JX OL8 2JS

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