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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wensley Fold
Local Authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Blackburn
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
135
Population
279
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚BB2 1UP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
112
Married
65
Separated
6
Divorced
28
Widowed
9

Health

Population
279
Very good
128
Good
86
Fair
39
Bad
22
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚BB2 1UP❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
258
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
7
Asian Other
1
Arab
5

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
259
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Spain
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
5
India
1
Pakistan
3

Religion

Population
279
Christian
182
Buddhist
1
Muslim
14
No religion
67
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
8
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
207
England❚BB2 1UP❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
12
Unemployed
15
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
30
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
50
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
2
Semi detached
1
Terraced
126
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
47
Two people
53
Three people
22
Four people
8
Five people
4
Eight or over
1

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019