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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
160
Population
351
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚OL8 2RG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
42

Age Groups

Population
351
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
292
Single
114
Married
114
Separated
7
Divorced
40
Widowed
17

Health

Population
351
Very good
143
Good
106
Fair
65
Bad
33
Very bad
40

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
292
England❚OL8 2RG❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
351
White British
335
White Irish
7
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
351
England
332
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Ireland
8
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
351
Christian
260
Jewish
1
No religion
63
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
161
Manufacturing
28
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
14
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
260
England❚OL8 2RG❚
Full-Time employee
114
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
17
Unemployed
13
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
160
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
66
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
160
Unoccupied
7
Detached
20
Semi detached
31
Terraced
103
Flat - purpose built
12
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
160
One person
53
Two people
59
Three people
21
Four people
19
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

OL8 3HT OL8 2TD OL8 2TX OL8 3HS OL8 2TL OL8 2TT OL8 2TU OL8 2TB OL8 2RR OL8 2TH OL8 2RS OL8 3HP OL8 2RH OL8 2RQ OL8 2RF OL8 2RE OL8 2SN OL8 2SZ OL8 2SY OL8 2SE OL8 2SB OL8 2SQ OL8 2SW OL8 2SP OL8 2QH OL8 2SG OL8 2UA OL8 2TZ OL8 2RT OL8 2TG OL8 2SX OL8 2SF OL8 2TA OL8 2ST OL8 2QQ OL8 2QG OL8 2SA OL8 2SD OL8 2QF OL8 2PZ OL8 2SU OL8 2RP

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