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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
137
Population
291
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚OL8 2TQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
291
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
94
Married
96
Separated
10
Divorced
31
Widowed
28

Health

Population
291
Very good
112
Good
95
Fair
52
Bad
23
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚OL8 2TQ❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
92

Ethnicity

Population
291
White British
275
White Irish
3
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Black African
6
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
291
England
277
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Germany
2
Zimbabwe
1

Religion

Population
291
Christian
245
No religion
34
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
136
Manufacturing
18
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
12
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚OL8 2TQ❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
17
Unemployed
14
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
24
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
25
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
7
Detached
19
Semi detached
39
Terraced
58
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
49
Two people
47
Three people
22
Four people
15
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

OL8 3JS OL8 2TJ OL8 3HU OL8 2TR OL8 2TP OL8 2TS OL8 2TE OL8 2UB OL8 2TY

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