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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
144
Population
550
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚BB2 6GP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
61

Age Groups

Population
550
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
425
Single
139
Married
239
Separated
7
Divorced
20
Widowed
20

Health

Population
550
Very good
238
Good
182
Fair
72
Bad
41
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
425
England❚BB2 6GP❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
67
Other qualifications
44
No qualifications
147

Ethnicity

Population
550
White British
98
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
6
White Other
9
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
177
Asian Pakistani
227
Asian Bangladeshi
13
Asian Other
4
Black African
1
Black Other
4
Arab
2
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
550
England
369
Scotland
1
Ireland
3
Lithuania
6
Poland
2
South Africa
2
Middle East
6
Bangladesh
3
India
68
Pakistan
84

Religion

Population
550
Christian
100
Hindu
2
Muslim
414
No religion
17
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
183
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
53
Transport and storage
20
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
14
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
403
England❚BB2 6GP❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
30
Unemployed
26
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
49
Long-term sick/disabled
32
Student
50
Unemployed 16 - 24
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
13
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
24
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
10
Detached
8
Semi detached
36
Terraced
76
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
6
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
41
Two people
18
Three people
18
Four people
12
Five people
14
Six people
22
Seven people
6
Eight or over
13

Nearby postcodes

BB2 6SG BB2 6SJ BB2 6SF BB2 6SE BB2 6SP BB2 6SH BB2 6SN BB2 6LZ BB2 6SU BB2 6SR BB2 6SX BB2 6NE BB2 6SW BB2 6LY BB2 6SD BB2 6NN BB2 6ND BB2 6LX BB2 6SA BB2 6PR

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