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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
167
Population
490
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
148
England❚BL5 2EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
59
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
490
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
385
Single
108
Married
239
Separated
8
Divorced
21
Widowed
9

Health

Population
490
Very good
282
Good
164
Fair
31
Bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
385
England❚BL5 2EF❚
Degree or above
69
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
71
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
135
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
490
White British
477
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
490
England
477
Nortern Ireland
3
Ireland
1
France
1
Spain
2
Middle East
2
India
2

Religion

Population
490
Christian
381
Hindu
4
Muslim
2
Other
3
No religion
74
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
293
Manufacturing
34
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
43
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
23
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
28
Education
24
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
370
England❚BL5 2EF❚
Full-Time employee
207
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
28
Unemployed
7
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
41
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
167
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
113
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
170
Occupied
167
Unoccupied
3
Detached
143
Semi detached
21
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
167
One person
19
Two people
49
Three people
37
Four people
50
Five people
10
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