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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
136
Population
298
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚BL5 3SP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
84
Married
117
Separated
9
Divorced
22
Widowed
13

Health

Population
298
Very good
134
Good
112
Fair
37
Bad
11
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚BL5 3SP❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
289
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
287
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
1
Middle East
1
Philippines
3

Religion

Population
298
Christian
236
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
43
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
172
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
232
England❚BL5 3SP❚
Full-Time employee
126
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
14
Unemployed
12
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
73
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
19
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
3
Detached
9
Semi detached
61
Terraced
63
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
43
Two people
50
Three people
24
Four people
13
Five people
5
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