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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
145
Population
278
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚M29 0JQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
93
Married
83
Civil partnership
1
Separated
13
Divorced
36
Widowed
13

Health

Population
278
Very good
108
Good
88
Fair
57
Bad
18
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚M29 0JQ❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
266
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black African
5
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
268
Scotland
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
Nigeria
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
199
Other
3
No religion
59
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
149
Mining
1
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
14
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
224
England❚M29 0JQ❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
15
Unemployed
14
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
7
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Semi detached
10
Terraced
112
Flat - purpose built
19
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
57
Two people
55
Three people
22
Four people
10
Five 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