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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
138
Population
315
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚BL5 3GZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
46
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
315
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
81
Married
135
Separated
8
Divorced
31
Widowed
5

Health

Population
315
Very good
168
Good
102
Fair
36
Bad
7
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚BL5 3GZ❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
315
White British
300
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
315
England
302
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Spain
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
315
Christian
243
Muslim
1
No religion
62
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
184
Mining
1
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
22
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
253
England❚BL5 3GZ❚
Full-Time employee
134
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
14
Unemployed
8
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
84
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
5
Detached
10
Semi detached
91
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
16

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
36
Two people
53
Three people
26
Four people
20
Five people
3

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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