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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
373
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚OL8 2NY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
52

Age Groups

Population
373
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
134
Married
79
Separated
13
Divorced
26
Widowed
22

Health

Population
373
Very good
164
Good
140
Fair
42
Bad
24
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚OL8 2NY❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
32
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
373
White British
345
White Irish
4
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
11

Country of Birth

Population
373
England
345
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Poland
5
Nigeria
8

Religion

Population
373
Christian
265
Muslim
3
No religion
83
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
162
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
7
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚OL8 2NY❚
Full-Time employee
111
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
13
Unemployed
23
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
89
Terraced
56

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
33
Two people
40
Three people
35
Four people
22
Five people
11
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

OL8 2RD OL8 2RB OL8 2SR OL8 2NG OL8 2NJ OL8 2QJ OL8 2NL OL8 2NN OL8 2PF OL8 2NT OL8 2NS OL8 2NR OL8 2QL OL8 2QN OL8 2NW OL8 2PL OL8 2QD OL8 2QB OL8 2PY OL8 2QA OL8 2PX OL8 2NP OL8 2LR OL8 2PJ OL8 2LE OL8 2LS OL8 2LT OL8 2PB OL8 2PD OL8 2PH OL8 2PN OL8 2LL OL8 2LN OL8 2LQ

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