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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
134
Population
343
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚BB5 5WE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
343
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
286
Single
94
Married
139
Separated
7
Divorced
29
Widowed
17

Health

Population
343
Very good
163
Good
120
Fair
44
Bad
12
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
286
England❚BB5 5WE❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
343
White British
314
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
10
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
343
England
330
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Hong Kong
5
Pakistan
2
Philippines
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
343
Christian
241
Buddhist
5
Muslim
12
Other
2
No religion
72
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
191
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
27
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
16
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
268
England❚BB5 5WE❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
36
Unemployed
8
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
56
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
11
Detached
28
Semi detached
32
Terraced
67
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
4

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
34
Two people
42
Three people
25
Four people
22
Five people
8
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

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