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44.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A lower share of residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns, at 20%

Here 44% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Slattocks has fewer households in flats than 92% of UK towns, at 3.2%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 158, in 61 households. Locally, 26% of households are one person living alone.

21%aged 65 or over 3.8%born abroad 61households

Ages

In Slattocks, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 68% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

SlattocksEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 45–49: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. In Slattocks, 21% of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 44.3, Slattocks is younger than just over half of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1520%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6428%

65 and over21%

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Slattocks

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 6.5% in Slattocks, more than in 88% of UK towns

What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students6.5%

Higher managerial and professional8.9%

Lower managerial and professional33%

Intermediate9.8%

Small employers and self-employed20%

Supervisory and technical4.1%

Semi-routine6.5%

Routine6.5%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.7%

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Slattocks

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 10%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Here one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Larger households than 82% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 9.8%Families with dependent children 31%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 0%

Against Greater Manchester’s towns and England’s towns

Slattocks

Greater Manchester’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person26%

2 people38%

3 people18%

4 people13%

5 or more4.9%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Here, 31% of households have dependent children.

Homes & cars

Only 18% of households live in a detached house in Slattocks

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Slattocks

Greater Manchester’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van14%

One29%

Two52%

Three or more4.8%

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 14% in Slattocks. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Only 3.8% of Slattocks’s residents were born outside the UK

Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.

Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%

Slattocks

3.8%

Greater Manchester’s towns

17%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language95%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well4.8%

Another main language, little or no English0%

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

95% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) or in EU countries (1.3%).

Ethnicity & religion

A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 99% of UK towns: 70%

How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.

Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.3%

Asian4.5%

Mixed0%

Black0%

Other0.6%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 94% of Slattocks · Greater Manchester’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion20%

Christian70%

Muslim2.6%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist3.2%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer3.8%

0%40%80%

Next after White British come Indian (1.9%), Other White (1.3%) and Pakistani (1.3%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 63% of UK towns: 94%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.

Relationships & caring

Only 6.9% of residents give unpaid care in Slattocks

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership30%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated4%

Divorced9.7%

Widowed6.5%

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

10residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 6.9%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.5%

20 to 49 hours2.1%

50 hours or more1.4%

Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Slattocks has 30%. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: half of the total.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 28% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship6.3%

A levels or similar20%

Degree level28%

SlattocksGreater Manchester’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Slattocks, 28%, and 12% have none, against 18%. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 20%.

Neighbours

2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Slattocks

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

TrubRoytonMiddletonChaddertonHeywoodShawRochdaleSlattocks

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Slattocks	158	—	44.3	21%	31%
Trub	1,389	0.7 mi	43.3	20%	29%
Royton	22,997	1.9 mi	45.7	23%	27%
Middleton	46,617	1.9 mi	38.9	17%	32%
Chadderton	37,602	2.4 mi	38	17%	33%
Heywood	29,724	2.7 mi	38.7	17%	31%
Shaw	18,249	2.8 mi	45.5	23%	26%
Rochdale	111,258	3.2 mi	36.2	15%	36%

More about Slattocks’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“Greater Manchester’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Greater Manchester (or England), summed the same way as Slattocks’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.

Questions about Slattocks’s residents

What is the population of Slattocks?

The 2021 Census counted 158 people in Slattocks’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Slattocks?

The median age was 44.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Slattocks?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across Greater Manchester’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Slattocks?

20% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.6% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.

Is Slattocks good for families?

31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Slattocks’s schools page.

Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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