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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
129
Population
361
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚BL5 2SF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
95
Married
124
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
32
Widowed
9

Health

Population
361
Very good
193
Good
130
Fair
28
Bad
8
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚BL5 2SF❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
61
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
335
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
342
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
1
South Africa
2
India
2
Pakistan
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
361
Christian
242
Buddhist
3
Hindu
3
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
86
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
213
Manufacturing
19
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
16
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
18
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
259
England❚BL5 2SF❚
Full-Time employee
129
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
33
Unemployed
7
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
73
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
1
Detached
23
Semi detached
62
Terraced
44
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
21
Two people
39
Three people
31
Four people
26
Five people
8
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