Electoral wardE05014655
Medlock Vale ward, Oldham
Medlock Vale is one of 20 electoral wards of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,013 residents in 5,037 households — 3,789 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton constituency.
Residents, 202115,013council ward average 12,104
Households5,0372.98 residents per household
Density3,789/ km²about 3.96 km² · Oldham 1,701
Aged 65+10.5%Oldham: 15.9% · under 16: 26.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.0% · 1,208
5–98.3% · 1,249
10–1510.5% · 1,575
16–196.1% · 918
20–246.3% · 944
25–3414.3% · 2,153
35–4920.8% · 3,118
50–6415.1% · 2,263
65–746.4% · 959
75–843.0% · 457
85+1.1% · 164
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.8% · 1,550
1 car or van43.9% · 2,212
2 cars or vans20.0% · 1,007
3 or more5.4% · 270
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oldham overall: 60.4% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.7% private rented.
Owned outright24.6% · 1,237
With mortgage28.2% · 1,418
Shared ownership0.6% · 31
Social rented25.8% · 1,297
Private rented20.5% · 1,030
Lives rent free0.3% · 13
Type of home
Detached house8.5% · 430
Semi-detached house36.2% · 1,822
Terraced house48.5% · 2,444
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 283
Converted house0.7% · 33
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014655- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
CChadderton Central14.6% aged 65+ · 51.8% owned12,263CChadderton North21.4% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned10,058CChadderton South16.2% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned12,272CColdhurst7.8% aged 65+ · 33.1% owned16,741CCrompton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned10,322FFailsworth East21.2% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,162HHollinwood13.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned12,711RRoyton North24.3% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,042RRoyton South21.6% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned10,931WWerneth8.1% aged 65+ · 48.9% owned14,091
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.