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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
218
Population
514
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
158
England❚OL8 3WL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
57

Age Groups

Population
514
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
385
Single
145
Married
146
Separated
14
Divorced
49
Widowed
31

Health

Population
514
Very good
243
Good
170
Fair
73
Bad
22
Very bad
49

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
385
England❚OL8 3WL❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
67
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
118

Ethnicity

Population
514
White British
402
White Irish
7
White Other
23
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
11
Asian Pakistani
36
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Chinese
12
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
514
England
458
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Ireland
7
France
1
Poland
12
China
3
Bangladesh
1
India
6
Pakistan
16
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
514
Christian
351
Hindu
7
Muslim
45
Other
1
No religion
83
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
221
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
28
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
58
Transport and storage
18
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
16
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
346
England❚OL8 3WL❚
Full-Time employee
154
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
17
Unemployed
18
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
22
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
29
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
218
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
77
Rented - council
25
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
39
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
240
Occupied
218
Unoccupied
22
Detached
5
Semi detached
68
Terraced
153
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
218
One person
75
Two people
63
Three people
37
Four people
21
Five people
17
Six people
4
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

OL8 3AN OL8 3AP OL8 3AG OL8 3AH OL8 3AQ OL8 3AF OL8 3AT OL8 3AU OL8 3AE OL8 3AA OL8 3WE OL8 3WG OL8 3WB OL8 3WD OL8 3DJ OL8 3DG OL8 3WA OL8 3WH OL8 3DH OL8 3DF OL8 2RA OL8 2NF OL8 2NE OL8 3DU OL8 3DS OL8 3DT OL8 3EU OL8 3DZ OL8 3HA OL8 2ND OL8 3EX OL8 3EY OL8 3EZ OL8 3HF OL8 2NB

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