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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
114
Population
321
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚BL5 2DR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
321
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
48
Married
172
Separated
5
Divorced
17
Widowed
11

Health

Population
321
Very good
184
Good
92
Fair
34
Bad
10
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚BL5 2DR❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
321
White British
304
White Irish
4
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
321
England
301
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Romania
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
India
2
Pakistan
2

Religion

Population
321
Christian
240
Buddhist
2
Muslim
8
No religion
53
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
166
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
15
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
243
England❚BL5 2DR❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
27
Unemployed
7
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
13
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
59
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
6
Detached
104
Semi detached
5
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
9
Two people
48
Three people
25
Four people
25
Five people
3
Six people
3
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

BL5 2EE

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