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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
136
Population
307
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚M29 9EH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
76
Married
130
Separated
4
Divorced
21
Widowed
20

Health

Population
307
Very good
131
Good
116
Fair
48
Bad
11
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚M29 9EH❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
294
White Other
1
Mixed Other
6
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
3

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
298
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
4
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
Zimbabwe
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
307
Christian
245
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Other
1
No religion
32
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
7
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
16
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
227
England❚M29 9EH❚
Full-Time employee
109
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
15
Unemployed
7
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
3
Detached
7
Semi detached
57
Terraced
68
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
42
Two people
48
Three people
25
Four people
13
Five people
6
Six 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