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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
128
Population
308
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚BL5 2PF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
308
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
244
Single
95
Married
86
Separated
8
Divorced
32
Widowed
23

Health

Population
308
Very good
119
Good
86
Fair
64
Bad
31
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
244
England❚BL5 2PF❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
25
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
308
White British
298
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
308
England
295
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Germany
1
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
308
Christian
222
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
66
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
120
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚BL5 2PF❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
11
Unemployed
12
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
63
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
128
Detached
2
Semi detached
86
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
14

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
39
Two people
36
Three people
27
Four people
20
Five people
3
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
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