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Administrative Areas

Ward
Atherton
Local Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Bolton West
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
129
Population
240
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚M29 0DE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
240
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
198
Single
74
Married
49
Separated
4
Divorced
26
Widowed
45

Health

Population
240
Very good
93
Good
74
Fair
40
Bad
25
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
198
England❚M29 0DE❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
22
Other qualifications
2
No qualifications
93

Ethnicity

Population
240
White British
231
White Irish
2
Asian Indian
3
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
240
England
232
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Zimbabwe
3
India
1

Religion

Population
240
Christian
189
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
No religion
35
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
98
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
7
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
153
England❚M29 0DE❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
12
Unemployed
9
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - council
38
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
17
Detached
1
Semi detached
11
Terraced
92
Flat - purpose built
32
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
9

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
67
Two people
28
Three people
23
Four people
8
Five people
2
Six people
1

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