Vehicle barriers in Shaw (Oldham)

Shaw (Oldham) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63001126 in North West. ONS counted 18,240 usual residents and a median age of 45.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Small. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 18.5%, then Human health and social work activities at 15.6%, then Education at 10.5%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 39.9%, then Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 34.6%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 13.8%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 11.7%. Tenure: Owned: owns outright at 37.9%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 30.1%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 16.9%, then Rented: social rented at 15.2%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 15.9% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 54.3% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Detached houses lead the housing mix, so communal booms are less common than on flatted estates.

We do not invent a podium that the census says is not the main housing form. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS.

A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane. This readout does not invent a business park.

Other settlements with their own barrier page in North West include Skelmersdale, Southport, St Helens (St. Helens).