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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
181
Population
497
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
162
England❚BL5 2GW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
62
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
63
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
497
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
376
Single
81
Married
233
Separated
12
Divorced
38
Widowed
12

Health

Population
497
Very good
308
Good
146
Fair
33
Bad
5
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
376
England❚BL5 2GW❚
Degree or above
54
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
73
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
141
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
497
White British
467
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
13
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
497
England
466
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Germany
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
China
2
India
9

Religion

Population
497
Christian
360
Hindu
11
Jewish
1
Muslim
8
Other
3
No religion
83
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
291
Manufacturing
33
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
21
Real estate
8
Professional, scientific and technical
22
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
32
Education
29
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
370
England❚BL5 2GW❚
Full-Time employee
197
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
38
Unemployed
9
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
181
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
122
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
182
Occupied
181
Unoccupied
1
Detached
171
Semi detached
7
Terraced
4

Household Size

All categoies
181
One person
27
Two people
61
Three people
38
Four people
41
Five people
14

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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