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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
129
Population
284
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚BB5 5LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
41
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
284
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
84
Married
100
Separated
8
Divorced
28
Widowed
13

Health

Population
284
Very good
120
Good
105
Fair
40
Bad
17
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚BB5 5LS❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
26
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
284
White British
267
White Gypsy
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
284
England
260
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
5
Ireland
1
India
5
Pakistan
2
Philippines
1
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
284
Christian
190
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
3
Sikh
7
No religion
69
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
156
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
28
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
12
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚BB5 5LS❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
19
Unemployed
12
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
3
Terraced
124
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
39
Two people
49
Three people
24
Four people
12
Five people
4
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