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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
128
Population
329
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚M29 9LU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
329
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
286
Single
84
Married
158
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
13

Health

Population
329
Very good
167
Good
103
Fair
46
Bad
12
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
286
England❚M29 9LU❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
27
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
329
White British
320
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
329
England
314
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Poland
1
India
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
329
Christian
266
Hindu
2
No religion
45
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
196
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
19
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
270
England❚M29 9LU❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
29
Unemployed
6
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
25
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
60
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
2
Detached
83
Semi detached
45
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
24
Two people
42
Three people
32
Four people
25
Five people
5

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