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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
118
Population
277
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
104
England❚BL5 2RA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
219
Single
73
Married
109
Separated
5
Divorced
26
Widowed
6

Health

Population
277
Very good
140
Good
108
Fair
22
Bad
6
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
219
England❚BL5 2RA❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
267
White Irish
3
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
262
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Lithuania
1

Religion

Population
277
Christian
192
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
75
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
162
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
14
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚BL5 2RA❚
Full-Time employee
108
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
23
Unemployed
10
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
73
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
16

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
4
Detached
32
Semi detached
75
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
31
Two people
42
Three people
24
Four people
18
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

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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