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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
163
Population
350
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
133
England❚OL8 2SR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
56

Age Groups

Population
350
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
135
Married
85
Civil partnership
2
Separated
13
Divorced
30
Widowed
11

Health

Population
350
Very good
139
Good
113
Fair
57
Bad
30
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚OL8 2SR❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
27
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
103

Ethnicity

Population
350
White British
302
White Irish
7
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Other
3
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
9
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
350
England
320
Scotland
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
4
Poland
1
Ghana
1
Somalia
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Pakistan
3
Philippines
2

Religion

Population
350
Christian
238
Buddhist
1
Muslim
16
No religion
80
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
10
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
262
England❚OL8 2SR❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
9
Unemployed
19
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
31
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
50
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
7

Housing Types

All categoies
172
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
9
Detached
3
Semi detached
25
Terraced
132
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
62
Two people
52
Three people
24
Four people
17
Five people
4
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

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 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