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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
160
Population
381
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
138
England❚BL5 2JX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
48
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
381
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
299
Single
116
Married
128
Civil partnership
3
Separated
10
Divorced
28
Widowed
14

Health

Population
381
Very good
212
Good
111
Fair
40
Bad
15
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
299
England❚BL5 2JX❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
77
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
381
White British
344
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
6
Asian Indian
8
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
381
England
352
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
1
France
2
Germany
3
Spain
1
Poland
4
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
2
India
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
381
Christian
262
Hindu
7
Muslim
6
Other
2
No religion
82
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
210
Manufacturing
30
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
16
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
281
England❚BL5 2JX❚
Full-Time employee
140
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
21
Unemployed
15
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
160
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
88
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
180
Occupied
160
Unoccupied
20
Detached
25
Semi detached
26
Terraced
120
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
160
One person
40
Two people
62
Three people
28
Four people
20
Five people
7
Six people
3

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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