Is St Joseph’s Close in Oldham a nice place to live?

St Joseph's Close is classified by the ONS as Ageing Industrious Workers. St Joseph's Close is in the top 10% of highest crime postcodes (see map). The road is in the top 20% most deprived in the country.

Geography

St Joseph's Close is located in the Shaw ward of the Oldham district in Greater Manchester.
Coordinates 53.58389, -2.090637
Grid Ref SD940097
Suburb Shaw and Crompton
Constituency Oldham East and Saddleworth
Postcodes OL2 7UZ

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in St Joseph's Close in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in St Joseph's Close, Greater Manchester

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Greater-manchester Police in St Joseph's Close during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes St Joseph's Close and compared that to the average for the Shaw ward.

You are more likely to be a victim of personal crime in St Joseph's Close, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Shaw ward

Social economic statistics for St Joseph's Close

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean St Joseph's Close is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean St Joseph's Close is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around St Joseph's Close experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around St Joseph's Close are in the top 20% of most income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around St Joseph's Close involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in St Joseph's Close are in the top 10% of the most employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in St Joseph's Close are in the top 20% of the most health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of St Joseph's Close, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in St Joseph's Close are in the top 20% of the most deprived in the country

2021 Census for St Joseph's Close

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of St Joseph's Close.

Unemployment in St Joseph's Close

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
3.23% of St Joseph's Close residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in St Joseph's Close

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of St Joseph's Close. The proportion of retirees on St Joseph's Close is 6.28% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
24.88% of St Joseph's Close residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in St Joseph's Close

The proportion of home owners on St Joseph's Close is 18.39% lower than the national average of 62%. 13.53% of properties in St Joseph's Close are private rented and 42.86% are social rented.
43.61% of residents of St Joseph's Close own their home

Country of Birth of St Joseph's Close residents

The proportion if St Joseph's Close residents born in the UK is 10.24% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 7.11% of St Joseph's Close residents were born outside the UK.
92.89% of St Joseph's Close residents were born in the UK

St Joseph's Close Summary

With house prices in St Joseph's Close less than the average for Greater Manchester and very high levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very poor road. St Joseph's Close has a lower level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in St Joseph's Close maybe easier than surrounding areas.

St Joseph's Close has very high levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe harder compared to the rest of the country.

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