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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
230
Population
430
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
191
England❚BL5 3ZT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
60
C2 Skilled manual workers
46
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
54

Age Groups

Population
430
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
382
Single
149
Married
134
Civil partnership
2
Separated
24
Divorced
53
Widowed
20

Health

Population
430
Very good
167
Good
191
Fair
57
Bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
382
England❚BL5 3ZT❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
26
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
62
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
99
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
72

Ethnicity

Population
430
White British
377
White Gypsy
4
White Other
23
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
6
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
430
England
385
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Italy
5
Portugal
2
Lithuania
2
Poland
12
Kenya
2
China
1
India
4
Philippines
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
430
Christian
311
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
1
Sikh
2
Other
1
No religion
83
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
268
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
60
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
18
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
351
England❚BL5 3ZT❚
Full-Time employee
200
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
29
Unemployed
14
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
230
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
73
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
88
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
241
Occupied
230
Unoccupied
11
Detached
12
Semi detached
24
Terraced
125
Flat - purpose built
63
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
11

Household Size

All categoies
230
One person
87
Two people
102
Three people
26
Four people
14
Five 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