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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
127
Population
333
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚BL5 2HP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
333
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
270
Single
51
Married
184
Civil partnership
4
Separated
7
Divorced
16
Widowed
8

Health

Population
333
Very good
173
Good
118
Fair
27
Bad
11
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
270
England❚BL5 2HP❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
90
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
333
White British
310
White Irish
3
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
2
Black African
2
Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
333
England
305
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
3
India
2
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
333
Christian
254
Hindu
4
Muslim
7
No religion
52
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
175
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
17
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
260
England❚BL5 2HP❚
Full-Time employee
109
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
18
Unemployed
6
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
67
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
8

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
2
Detached
88
Semi detached
30
Terraced
11

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
19
Two people
52
Three people
26
Four people
20
Five people
8
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