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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
102
Population
278
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚BL5 2AP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
193
Single
80
Married
84
Separated
6
Divorced
18
Widowed
5

Health

Population
278
Very good
139
Good
98
Fair
36
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
193
England❚BL5 2AP❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
255
White Other
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
6
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
263
Scotland
1
Germany
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
3
Nigeria
1
Hong Kong
3
India
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
172
Buddhist
3
Hindu
6
Other
2
No religion
78
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
119
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
7
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
186
England❚BL5 2AP❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
22
Unemployed
14
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
102
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
36
Shared ownership
8
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
42
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
105
Occupied
102
Unoccupied
3
Detached
24
Semi detached
58
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
102
One person
23
Two people
27
Three people
17
Four people
27
Five people
6
Six people
2

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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