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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
120
Population
300
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚BL5 2NY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
300
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
81
Married
83
Separated
8
Divorced
30
Widowed
20

Health

Population
300
Very good
131
Good
104
Fair
44
Bad
18
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚BL5 2NY❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
81

Ethnicity

Population
300
White British
276
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
9
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
300
England
276
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Germany
2
Poland
5
Kenya
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
4
Pakistan
2

Religion

Population
300
Christian
188
Buddhist
2
Hindu
9
Muslim
4
No religion
84
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
128
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
9
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
207
England❚BL5 2NY❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
12
Unemployed
19
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
46
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
91
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
35
Two people
33
Three people
28
Four people
11
Five people
8
Six people
4
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