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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
137
Population
284
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚BL5 2NT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
54

Age Groups

Population
284
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
93
Married
77
Separated
7
Divorced
35
Widowed
23

Health

Population
284
Very good
79
Good
118
Fair
61
Bad
21
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚BL5 2NT❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
17
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
91

Ethnicity

Population
284
White British
274
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
284
England
271
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Spain
3
South Africa
2
Central America
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
284
Christian
196
Sikh
1
No religion
68
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
123
Manufacturing
14
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
1
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚BL5 2NT❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
13
Unemployed
15
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
26
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
58
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
63
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
18

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
57
Two people
39
Three people
22
Four people
13
Five people
5
Six 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