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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
121
Population
360
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚BL5 2RX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
360
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
281
Single
72
Married
180
Separated
8
Divorced
14
Widowed
7

Health

Population
360
Very good
220
Good
110
Fair
22
Bad
7
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
281
England❚BL5 2RX❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
360
White British
329
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
9
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
10
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
360
England
338
Scotland
2
Ireland
1
Poland
4
Kenya
1
Hong Kong
2
India
7
Philippines
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
360
Christian
273
Hindu
10
Other
1
No religion
60
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
199
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
23
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
264
England❚BL5 2RX❚
Full-Time employee
120
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
27
Unemployed
5
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
35
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
72
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
8

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
1
Detached
110
Semi detached
5
Terraced
6
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
12
Two people
34
Three people
35
Four people
30
Five people
6
Six people
3
Seven 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