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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
135
Population
287
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚M29 0HU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
287
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
231
Single
72
Married
85
Separated
11
Divorced
39
Widowed
24

Health

Population
287
Very good
96
Good
80
Fair
64
Bad
35
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
231
England❚M29 0HU❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
17
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
90

Ethnicity

Population
287
White British
281
White Irish
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
287
England
276
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Germany
4

Religion

Population
287
Christian
228
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
37
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
94
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
2
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚M29 0HU❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
11
Unemployed
15
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
27
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
87
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
91
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
6

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
63
Two people
29
Three people
18
Four people
14
Five people
10
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

M46 0UA M46 0RL M46 0FY M46 0LL M46 0LJ M46 0LE M46 0JZ M46 0LH M46 0RY M46 0AP M46 0JN M46 0LY M46 0EZ M46 0EY M46 0HG M46 0HQ M46 0FS M46 0HL M46 0HR M46 0FR M46 0FQ M46 0HS M46 0JS M46 0NH M46 0LA M46 0NG M46 0JX M46 0LB M46 0LF M46 0JY M46 0FN M46 0HH M46 0FP M46 0TX M46 0JT M46 0TW M46 0HB M46 0HW M46 0HJ M46 0HE M46 0FL M46 0FH M46 0HD M46 0FJ M46 0HF M46 0HA M46 0WY M46 0SG M46 9PN M46 9PH

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