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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
106
Population
256
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚BL5 2FQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
256
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
201
Single
73
Married
85
Separated
5
Divorced
24
Widowed
14

Health

Population
256
Very good
117
Good
83
Fair
35
Bad
16
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
201
England❚BL5 2FQ❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
32
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
256
White British
248
White Other
6
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
256
England
242
Scotland
2
Wales
6
Middle East
2

Religion

Population
256
Christian
176
Sikh
1
No religion
64
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
131
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
9
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
188
England❚BL5 2FQ❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
13
Unemployed
8
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
106
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
109
Occupied
106
Unoccupied
3
Detached
20
Semi detached
87
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
106
One person
30
Two people
34
Three people
21
Four people
13
Five people
5
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