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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
133
Population
360
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚BL5 2HW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
360
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
81
Married
156
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
6

Health

Population
360
Very good
196
Good
114
Fair
36
Bad
10
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚BL5 2HW❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
85
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
360
White British
341
White Irish
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
360
England
330
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
14
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Germany
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
360
Christian
270
Hindu
1
No religion
76
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
200
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
26
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
270
England❚BL5 2HW❚
Full-Time employee
131
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
23
Unemployed
8
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
86
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
2
Detached
80
Semi detached
52
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
29
Two people
40
Three people
21
Four people
32
Five people
7
Six people
3
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