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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
124
Population
304
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚OL8 2PH❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
57

Age Groups

Population
304
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
115
Married
53
Separated
12
Divorced
26
Widowed
17

Health

Population
304
Very good
130
Good
97
Fair
50
Bad
17
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚OL8 2PH❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
19
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
88

Ethnicity

Population
304
White British
271
White Irish
4
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
5
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
2
Black African
1
Black Other
4
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
304
England
268
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Ireland
4
Germany
6
Nigeria
5
Kenya
1
South Africa
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
304
Christian
183
Buddhist
1
Hindu
6
Muslim
5
Other
1
No religion
97
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
93
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
1
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚OL8 2PH❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
8
Unemployed
29
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
35
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
70
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
3
Detached
1
Semi detached
30
Terraced
60
Flat - purpose built
36

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
43
Two people
28
Three people
24
Four people
15
Five people
11
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

OL8 2RD OL8 2RB OL8 2SR OL8 2NG OL8 2NQ OL8 2NH OL8 2NJ OL8 2QR OL8 2QJ OL8 2QS OL8 2NL OL8 2NN OL8 2PF OL8 2NZ OL8 2NY 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 2LE OL8 2LT OL8 2PB OL8 2PD OL8 2PN OL8 2LL 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