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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
140
Population
332
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚M29 8NA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
51
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
284
Single
95
Married
144
Separated
4
Divorced
23
Widowed
18

Health

Population
332
Very good
136
Good
126
Fair
51
Bad
18
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
284
England❚M29 8NA❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
57
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
319
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
312
Nortern Ireland
6
Scotland
3
Wales
1
France
2
Poland
2
Romania
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
332
Christian
234
Hindu
2
Other
1
No religion
74
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
180
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
272
England❚M29 8NA❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
29
Unemployed
14
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
61
Owned with mortgage
62
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
5
Detached
7
Semi detached
130
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
30
Two people
59
Three people
29
Four people
13
Five people
9

Nearby postcodes

M29 8NB

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