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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
143
Population
278
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚BL5 3BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
79
Married
98
Separated
12
Divorced
27
Widowed
25

Health

Population
278
Very good
93
Good
106
Fair
58
Bad
18
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚BL5 3BA❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
270
White Irish
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
266
Scotland
2
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2

Religion

Population
278
Christian
205
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
4
No religion
52
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
149
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
8
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
212
England❚BL5 3BA❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
23
Unemployed
12
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
4
Detached
7
Semi detached
16
Terraced
103
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
58
Two people
54
Three people
19
Four people
9
Six people
2
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