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Administrative Areas

Ward
Altham
Local Authority
Hyndburn
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Hyndburn
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
176
Population
501
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
169
England❚BB5 5FN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
59
C2 Skilled manual workers
52
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
501
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
352
Single
113
Married
181
Civil partnership
2
Separated
16
Divorced
34
Widowed
6

Health

Population
501
Very good
301
Good
158
Fair
32
Bad
5
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
352
England❚BB5 5FN❚
Degree or above
60
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
80
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
501
White British
457
White Irish
3
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
23
Asian Other
1
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
501
England
475
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
3
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
1
India
1
Pakistan
7
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
501
Christian
366
Hindu
1
Muslim
22
Other
1
No religion
82
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
295
Mining
1
Manufacturing
51
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
59
Transport and storage
17
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
32
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
349
England❚BB5 5FN❚
Full-Time employee
185
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
42
Unemployed
10
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
34
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
176
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
132
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
179
Occupied
176
Unoccupied
3
Detached
109
Semi detached
48
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
176
One person
27
Two people
52
Three people
39
Four people
42
Five people
12
Six people
3
Seven people
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