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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
121
Population
284
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
108
England❚BL5 2EB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
284
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
81
Married
108
Separated
4
Divorced
29
Widowed
12

Health

Population
284
Very good
135
Good
111
Fair
26
Bad
8
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
England❚BL5 2EB❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
284
White British
278
White Irish
1
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
284
England
277
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
284
Christian
230
Hindu
1
Muslim
3
No religion
39
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
171
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
233
England❚BL5 2EB❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
25
Unemployed
4
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
20
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
66
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
5
Detached
29
Semi detached
38
Terraced
58
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
38
Two people
35
Three people
26
Four people
15
Five people
4
Six people
3

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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