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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
135
Population
309
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚BL5 2HG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
68
Married
149
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
17

Health

Population
309
Very good
121
Good
113
Fair
51
Bad
21
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚BL5 2HG❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
77

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
294
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
4

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
290
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Poland
1
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
216
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
No religion
67
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
147
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
11
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
229
England❚BL5 2HG❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
17
Unemployed
9
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
7
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
3
Detached
28
Semi detached
108
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
37
Two people
51
Three people
23
Four people
20
Five people
3
Six 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