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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
119
Population
443
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚BB2 6HS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
52

Age Groups

Population
443
Under 16
33%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
299
Single
88
Married
190
Separated
5
Divorced
9
Widowed
7

Health

Population
443
Very good
176
Good
172
Fair
66
Bad
23
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
299
England❚BB2 6HS❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
43
No qualifications
94

Ethnicity

Population
443
White British
63
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
116
Asian Pakistani
205
Asian Bangladeshi
14
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
8
Black African
6
Arab
5
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
443
England
287
Portugal
1
Poland
12
Somalia
1
Middle East
7
Bangladesh
3
India
46
Pakistan
72
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
443
Christian
65
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
336
Sikh
5
No religion
9
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
133
Manufacturing
17
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
17
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
12
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
289
England❚BB2 6HS❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
27
Unemployed
28
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
46
Long-term sick/disabled
29
Student
35
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
33
Detached
4
Semi detached
5
Terraced
102
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
9
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
20
Two people
24
Three people
15
Four people
17
Five people
17
Six people
16
Seven people
3
Eight or over
7

Nearby postcodes

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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