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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
156
Population
353
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
131
England❚BL5 2DF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
48
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
353
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
301
Single
107
Married
138
Separated
6
Divorced
35
Widowed
15

Health

Population
353
Very good
137
Good
149
Fair
50
Bad
15
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
301
England❚BL5 2DF❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
353
White British
330
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
4
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Black African
3
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
353
England
334
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Portugal
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
South America
1

Religion

Population
353
Christian
277
Other
2
No religion
49
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
201
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
33
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
14
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
293
England❚BL5 2DF❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
40
Unemployed
8
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
65
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
11
Detached
35
Semi detached
9
Terraced
114
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
6

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
47
Two people
52
Three people
34
Four people
17
Five people
5
Seven people
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