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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
130
Population
317
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚BL5 2JR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
317
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
59
Married
153
Separated
3
Divorced
27
Widowed
13

Health

Population
317
Very good
167
Good
95
Fair
36
Bad
16
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚BL5 2JR❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
317
White British
301
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Other
3
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
317
England
305
Nortern Ireland
4
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
317
Christian
257
No religion
43
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
166
Mining
1
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
244
England❚BL5 2JR❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
21
Unemployed
10
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
72
Rented - private landlord
14
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
5
Detached
35
Semi detached
90
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - in commerical building
7

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
31
Two people
46
Three people
25
Four people
21
Five people
7

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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