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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
112
Population
332
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚BL5 2PH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
23%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
90
Married
93
Separated
8
Divorced
26
Widowed
10

Health

Population
332
Very good
141
Good
125
Fair
44
Bad
16
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚BL5 2PH❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
72

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
301
White Irish
2
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
9
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
310
Scotland
1
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Poland
2
Middle East
3
Pakistan
6

Religion

Population
332
Christian
210
Buddhist
1
Muslim
10
Sikh
1
No religion
87
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
7
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚BL5 2PH❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
5
Unemployed
23
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - council
61
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
115
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
3
Detached
5
Semi detached
78
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
17
Two people
30
Three people
30
Four people
16
Five people
13
Six 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