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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
115
Population
256
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚M29 9AN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
256
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
209
Single
79
Married
84
Separated
9
Divorced
22
Widowed
15

Health

Population
256
Very good
76
Good
106
Fair
53
Bad
16
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
209
England❚M29 9AN❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
23
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
256
White British
245
White Irish
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
256
England
242
Nortern Ireland
3
Ireland
2
Zimbabwe
4
Hong Kong
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
256
Christian
190
Buddhist
1
No religion
53
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
97
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
9
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
191
England❚M29 9AN❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
9
Unemployed
11
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - council
24
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
2
Semi detached
19
Terraced
97
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
32
Two people
49
Three people
13
Four people
18
Five people
3

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