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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
486
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚BB2 6LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
486
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
358
Single
110
Married
216
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
14
Widowed
11

Health

Population
486
Very good
213
Good
185
Fair
58
Bad
25
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
358
England❚BB2 6LS❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
37
No qualifications
91

Ethnicity

Population
486
White British
85
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
134
Asian Pakistani
244
Asian Bangladeshi
7
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
6
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
486
England
329
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Spain
1
Poland
2
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
Bangladesh
2
India
40
Pakistan
99

Religion

Population
486
Christian
55
Hindu
4
Muslim
353
Sikh
3
No religion
28
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
192
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
46
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
37
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
342
England❚BB2 6LS❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
61
Self employed
32
Unemployed
13
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
42
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
51
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
49
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
4
Detached
5
Semi detached
9
Terraced
120
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
28
Two people
27
Three people
13
Four people
23
Five people
13
Six people
17
Seven people
9
Eight or over
5

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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