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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
116
Population
247
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚BL5 2DY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
247
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
196
Single
62
Married
95
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
22
Widowed
8

Health

Population
247
Very good
123
Good
73
Fair
36
Bad
14
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
196
England❚BL5 2DY❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
247
White British
231
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
8
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
247
England
221
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Germany
3
Lithuania
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
4
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
2
USA
4

Religion

Population
247
Christian
181
Hindu
4
Muslim
2
Sikh
2
No religion
42
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
136
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
10
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
187
England❚BL5 2DY❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
20
Unemployed
11
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
55
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
29
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
116
Unoccupied
8
Detached
30
Semi detached
55
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
44
Two people
35
Three people
22
Four people
10
Five people
3
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