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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
155
Population
323
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚OL8 2SN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
58

Age Groups

Population
323
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
248
Single
102
Married
58
Civil partnership
2
Separated
13
Divorced
43
Widowed
30

Health

Population
323
Very good
120
Good
106
Fair
64
Bad
24
Very bad
43

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
248
England❚OL8 2SN❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
26
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
323
White British
297
White Irish
6
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Other
3
Asian Pakistani
2

Country of Birth

Population
323
England
298
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
6
Germany
1
Portugal
2
Poland
6
South Africa
1
India
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
323
Christian
244
No religion
63
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
113
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
10
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚OL8 2SN❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
11
Unemployed
19
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
155
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
70
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
159
Occupied
155
Unoccupied
4
Detached
3
Semi detached
63
Terraced
68
Flat - purpose built
25

Household Size

All categoies
155
One person
67
Two people
43
Three people
24
Four people
11
Five people
6
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

OL8 3HT OL8 2TD OL8 2TX OL8 3HS OL8 2RJ OL8 2TL OL8 2RL OL8 2TT OL8 2TU OL8 2TB OL8 2RR OL8 2TH OL8 2RS OL8 2RW OL8 3HP OL8 2RG OL8 2SJ OL8 2RF OL8 2RE OL8 2SL OL8 2SH OL8 2SZ OL8 2SY OL8 2QH 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