St Marys Ward profile

St Marys Ward Presented by: Hannah, Shakira and Morgan

St Marys is a ward within Oldham borough with a population of 15,312 (2018), making it the largest ward in Oldham Gender Ethnicity Religion 48.3 % males White: 34% Muslin: 58.7% 51.7% females Pakistani: 48.9% Christian: 26.7% Bangladeshi: 8.9% Hindu: 0.3% Other: 9.5% Buddhist: 0.1% No religion: 8.5%

Economy & Income St Marys average household income is £23.785 which is higher than the Oldham average of £22.289 Employment rate is 43.7% which is lower than Oldham average of 58.2% 18.5% on out of work benefits in St Marys compared to Oldham as a whole is 11.0%

Housing  28.9% of St Marys social housing compared to 21.1% as Oldham as a whole.  Average house sold in St Marys ward is 46% lower than Oldham average.  33% of households receive council tax reduction/housing benefit.  Fuel poverty is second highest in the borough at 22.7%.

Household Composition The proportion of households overcrowded ion the ward is 15.7% is considerably higher than the Oldham average 7.5%.

Education  53.3% of pupils in St Marys Early Years Foundation stage with good level of development  45.3% of pupils attain a grade 4 or above in English and Maths GCSE.  3.3% of pupils gain no GCSE passes

St Marys female life Health Obesity in Year 6 expectancy is 78.4 children is 24.4% years St Marys male life expectancy is 75.3 years Limited long term illnesses is 19.7%

Community/Community safety  2,141 reported crimes  210 reported crime rates  4 fatal or serious road traffic accident  St Marys rate of reported anti social behaviour is higher than the average for the Oldham borough

References  Oldham Council, (2019). St Marys Ward Profile. Retrieved from: https://www.oldham.gov.uk/downloads/file/2056/st_marys_ward_profile