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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
88
Population
246
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚BB5 5WP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
246
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
179
Single
56
Married
98
Separated
8
Divorced
15
Widowed
2

Health

Population
246
Very good
164
Good
59
Fair
20
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
179
England❚BB5 5WP❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
246
White British
241
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
246
England
241
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Poland
2

Religion

Population
246
Christian
217
No religion
20
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
151
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
23
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
179
England❚BB5 5WP❚
Full-Time employee
108
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
12
Unemployed
5
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
88
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
64
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
91
Occupied
88
Unoccupied
3
Detached
42
Semi detached
33
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
88
One person
7
Two people
34
Three people
25
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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