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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
361
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚BL5 2RY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
76
Married
162
Separated
8
Divorced
18
Widowed
10

Health

Population
361
Very good
220
Good
106
Fair
27
Bad
6
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚BL5 2RY❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
106
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
334
White Irish
5
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
7
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
333
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Ireland
4
South Africa
3
Middle East
2
India
3
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
361
Christian
273
Hindu
6
Muslim
2
No religion
62
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
204
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
21
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚BL5 2RY❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
24
Unemployed
10
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
74
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
121
Detached
113
Semi detached
5
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
12
Two people
36
Three people
31
Four people
30
Five people
8
Six people
4

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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