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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
101
Population
297
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚OL8 2RS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
297
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
72
Married
123
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
14
Widowed
5

Health

Population
297
Very good
176
Good
82
Fair
32
Bad
5
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚OL8 2RS❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
297
White British
276
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
297
England
286
Scotland
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Hong Kong
3
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
297
Christian
232
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
No religion
49
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
166
Manufacturing
24
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
14
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚OL8 2RS❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
10
Unemployed
7
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
101
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
65
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
104
Occupied
101
Unoccupied
3
Detached
64
Semi detached
16
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
101
One person
13
Two people
30
Three people
24
Four people
24
Five people
7
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

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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