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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
148
Population
250
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
130
England❚BL5 2EN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
77

Age Groups

Population
250
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
208
Single
103
Married
45
Separated
4
Divorced
45
Widowed
11

Health

Population
250
Very good
91
Good
84
Fair
37
Bad
31
Very bad
45

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
208
England❚BL5 2EN❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
19
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
70

Ethnicity

Population
250
White British
240
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
250
England
231
Scotland
8
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Lithuania
1
Turkey
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
250
Christian
153
Buddhist
1
Jewish
2
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
73
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
79
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
4
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
202
England❚BL5 2EN❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
4
Unemployed
23
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
42
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
148
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
107
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
148
Unoccupied
7
Detached
4
Semi detached
13
Terraced
51
Flat - purpose built
86
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
148
One person
89
Two people
35
Three people
13
Four people
6
Five people
3
Six people
1
Seven people
1

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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