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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
175
Population
449
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
150
England❚BL5 3RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
54
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
449
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
356
Single
84
Married
229
Separated
5
Divorced
25
Widowed
13

Health

Population
449
Very good
231
Good
156
Fair
45
Bad
14
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
356
England❚BL5 3RJ❚
Degree or above
63
2+ A Levels or equivalent
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
80
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
97
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
449
White British
430
White Irish
7
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
449
England
434
Scotland
4
Ireland
4
France
2
Germany
1
Spain
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
449
Christian
356
Other
1
No religion
72
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
255
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
50
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
20
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
349
England❚BL5 3RJ❚
Full-Time employee
162
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
45
Unemployed
7
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
175
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
100
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
176
Occupied
175
Unoccupied
1
Detached
128
Semi detached
17
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
175
One person
36
Two people
60
Three people
36
Four people
31
Five people
11
Six 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