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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
135
Population
287
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚BB5 5FT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
57

Age Groups

Population
287
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
226
Single
113
Married
65
Separated
9
Divorced
34
Widowed
5

Health

Population
287
Very good
122
Good
102
Fair
37
Bad
24
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
226
England❚BB5 5FT❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
287
White British
269
White Other
2
Asian Pakistani
12
Asian Other
1
Arab
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
287
England
269
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Middle East
1
Pakistan
7
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
287
Christian
165
Muslim
15
Other
2
No religion
91
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
144
Manufacturing
28
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
13
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚BB5 5FT❚
Full-Time employee
101
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
14
Unemployed
10
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
55
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
141
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
6
Detached
4
Semi detached
4
Terraced
124
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
53
Two people
45
Three people
12
Four people
20
Five people
3
Six people
1
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