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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
146
Population
315
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚BL5 3RG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
315
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
73
Married
138
Separated
4
Divorced
30
Widowed
15

Health

Population
315
Very good
154
Good
93
Fair
44
Bad
22
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚BL5 3RG❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
315
White British
295
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
315
England
299
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
4
Poland
1
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
315
Christian
247
Hindu
5
Muslim
3
No religion
41
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
166
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
247
England❚BL5 3RG❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
19
Unemployed
9
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
146
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
66
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
15
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
146
Unoccupied
5
Detached
26
Semi detached
52
Terraced
54
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
146
One person
45
Two people
56
Three people
25
Four people
17
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