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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
117
Population
304
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚BL5 2RP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
304
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
77%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
69
Married
159
Separated
4
Divorced
19
Widowed
8

Health

Population
304
Very good
140
Good
116
Fair
42
Bad
5
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚BL5 2RP❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
304
White British
290
White Irish
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
304
England
288
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
3
Ireland
3
Lithuania
1
Middle East
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
304
Christian
239
Hindu
4
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
48
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
183
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
15
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
252
England❚BL5 2RP❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
35
Unemployed
7
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
28
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
117
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
69
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
117
Unoccupied
1
Detached
94
Semi detached
11
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
117
One person
16
Two people
49
Three people
25
Four people
22
Five people
4
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