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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
122
Population
290
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚M29 9QH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
52

Age Groups

Population
290
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
221
Single
93
Married
70
Separated
5
Divorced
35
Widowed
18

Health

Population
290
Very good
111
Good
92
Fair
57
Bad
25
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
221
England❚M29 9QH❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
10
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
113

Ethnicity

Population
290
White British
281
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
290
England
282
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
290
Christian
207
No religion
63
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
90
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
206
England❚M29 9QH❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
8
Unemployed
23
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
27
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - council
75
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
96
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
17
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
39
Two people
37
Three people
22
Four people
15
Five people
5
Six people
3
Eight or over
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