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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
126
Population
293
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚BL5 2LA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
293
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
60
Married
134
Separated
4
Divorced
18
Widowed
25

Health

Population
293
Very good
122
Good
101
Fair
49
Bad
20
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚BL5 2LA❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
52
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
293
White British
268
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
6
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
293
England
268
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Nigeria
4
South Africa
1
India
4
Philippines
3

Religion

Population
293
Christian
211
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
2
No religion
51
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
136
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
16
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
212
England❚BL5 2LA❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
6
Unemployed
4
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
2
Detached
26
Semi detached
67
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
34
Two people
49
Three people
17
Four people
20
Five people
6

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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