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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
143
Population
372
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚BL5 2DQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
372
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
289
Single
100
Married
143
Separated
5
Divorced
29
Widowed
12

Health

Population
372
Very good
184
Good
131
Fair
41
Bad
13
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
289
England❚BL5 2DQ❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
28
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
372
White British
346
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
372
England
344
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
3
Middle East
1
India
3
Pakistan
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
372
Christian
290
Hindu
3
Muslim
8
No religion
53
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
174
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚BL5 2DQ❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
31
Unemployed
6
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
68
Rented - council
8
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
2
Detached
39
Semi detached
48
Terraced
56
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
29
Two people
54
Three people
23
Four people
24
Five people
8
Six people
5

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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