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Administrative Areas

Ward
Westhoughton South
Local Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
134
Population
290
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚BL5 2AG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
290
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
258
Single
56
Married
152
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
25
Widowed
15

Health

Population
290
Very good
114
Good
111
Fair
47
Bad
15
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
258
England❚BL5 2AG❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
290
White British
277
White Irish
3
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
290
England
271
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Italy
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
290
Christian
227
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
40
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
168
Manufacturing
24
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
10
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
228
England❚BL5 2AG❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
23
Unemployed
4
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
8
Detached
38
Semi detached
88
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
37
Two people
57
Three people
24
Four people
13
Five people
3

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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