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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
140
Population
368
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚OL8 2NS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
76

Age Groups

Population
368
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
108
Married
73
Separated
11
Divorced
33
Widowed
18

Health

Population
368
Very good
165
Good
112
Fair
59
Bad
25
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚OL8 2NS❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
19
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
106

Ethnicity

Population
368
White British
336
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
4
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
6

Country of Birth

Population
368
England
349
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Kenya
2
India
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
368
Christian
210
Buddhist
2
Hindu
2
Muslim
12
Other
2
No religion
129
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
82
Manufacturing
14
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
7
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
238
England❚OL8 2NS❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
8
Unemployed
39
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
26
Long-term sick/disabled
29
Student
28
Unemployed 16 - 24
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
23

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
92
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
3
Detached
12
Semi detached
81
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
39
Two people
46
Three people
18
Four people
15
Five people
11
Six people
9
Seven people
2

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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