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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
109
Population
227
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚M29 0FE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
227
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
190
Single
67
Married
77
Separated
8
Divorced
22
Widowed
16

Health

Population
227
Very good
90
Good
78
Fair
42
Bad
14
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
190
England❚M29 0FE❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
16
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
227
White British
225
White Irish
1
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
227
England
226
Germany
1

Religion

Population
227
Christian
160
Other
1
No religion
33
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
114
Mining
1
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
3
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
176
England❚M29 0FE❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
19
Unemployed
8
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
109
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
18
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
109
Unoccupied
8
Detached
2
Semi detached
41
Terraced
69
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
109
One person
41
Two people
34
Three people
20
Four people
12
Five people
2

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