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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
115
Population
292
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚BL5 2PN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
292
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
225
Single
79
Married
95
Civil partnership
1
Separated
11
Divorced
30
Widowed
9

Health

Population
292
Very good
117
Good
117
Fair
39
Bad
16
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
225
England❚BL5 2PN❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
292
White British
282
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
292
England
277
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Lithuania
3
Zimbabwe
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
292
Christian
225
No religion
55
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
7
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚BL5 2PN❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
14
Unemployed
2
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
16
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
67
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
2
Detached
11
Semi detached
50
Terraced
55
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
27
Two people
34
Three people
28
Four people
18
Five people
7
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