If you are thinking of moving to Godley Hill or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Godley Hill to figures for Tameside and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Godley Hill is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
Godley Hill Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Godley Hill has 20% less Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.
Grade | Tameside | England |
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AB | 13.74% | 22.96% |
C1 | 30.27% | 30.92% |
C2 | 24.51% | 20.64% |
DE | 31.49% | 25.49% |
Godley Hill Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Godley Hill and are from the UK Census of 2011. Godley Hill has a high level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average.
Qualification | Tameside | England |
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No Qualifications | 28.1% | 22.5% |
Level 1 | 16.1% | 13.3% |
Level 2 | 17.3% | 15.2% |
Apprenticeship | 4.5% | 3.6% |
Level 3 | 12.1% | 12.4% |
Level 4 | 17.5% | 27.4% |
Other | 4.5% | 5.7% |
Godley Hill General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Godley Hill. The percentage of residents in Godley Hill rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Godley Hill rating their health as 'very bad' is more than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Godley Hill is generally worse than in the average person in England.
Health | Tameside | England |
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Very Good | 43.96% | 47.17% |
Good | 33.70% | 34.22% |
Fair | 15.05% | 13.12% |
Bad | 5.70% | 4.25% |
Very Bad | 1.60% | 1.25% |
Godley Hill Age Distribution Statistics
Age | Tameside | England |
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Age 0 to 4 | 6.6% | 6.3% |
Age 5 to 9 | 5.7% | 5.6% |
Age 10 to14 | 5.9% | 5.8% |
Age 15 to 17 | 3.9% | 3.7% |
Age 18 to 24 | 8.8% | 9.4% |
Age 25 to 29 | 6.5% | 6.9% |
Age 30 to 44 | 20.5% | 20.6% |
Age 45 to 59 | 20.2% | 19.4% |
Age 60 to 64 | 6.3% | 6% |
Age 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 8.6% |
Age 75 to 84 | 5% | 5.5% |
Age 85 and over | 1.9% | 2.3% |
Mean Age | 39.1 | 39.3 |
Median Age | 39 | 39 |
Godley Hill Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Godley Hill are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Godley Hill has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
Country | Tameside | England |
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United Kingdom | 93% | 86.2% |
Rebublic of Ireland | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Other EU Countries | 1.7% | 3.7% |
Outside the EU | 4.6% | 9.4% |
Godley Hill Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so. They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council. We have taken the LDC that includes and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment.
These figures below on the claiming of legacy benefits in Godley Hill are dated . They are the last published statistics of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. Althpugh outdated, these statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area.The rate of unemployment in Godley Hill is both higher than the average for and higher than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe hard. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 25% higher in Godley Hill than the national average, suggesting that many people maybe under employed or on a low salary.
Benefit | Tameside | England |
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Jobseekers Allowance (only) | 4.5% | 3.3% |
Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA) | 3.7% | 2.4% |
Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) | 18.6% | 13.5% |
Godley Hill Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
Tenure | Tameside | England |
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Owned | 28.1% | 30.6% |
Mortgage | 35.7% | 32.8% |
Shared | 0.3% | 0.8% |
Social Rented (Council) | 5.2% | 9.4% |
Social Rented (Housing Assoc) | 16.3% | 8.3% |
Private Rented | 11.9% | 15.4% |
Other | 1.3% | 1.4% |
Rent Free | 1.1% | 1.3% |
Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.