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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
127
Population
302
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚M29 9WX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
67

Age Groups

Population
302
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
112
Married
58
Separated
10
Divorced
30
Widowed
10

Health

Population
302
Very good
140
Good
95
Fair
44
Bad
18
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚M29 9WX❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
14
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
83

Ethnicity

Population
302
White British
265
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
7
Black Other
2
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
302
England
276
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Nigeria
5
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
2
Pakistan
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
302
Christian
202
Muslim
13
Other
2
No religion
72
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
108
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
2
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚M29 9WX❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
13
Unemployed
23
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
30
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
84
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
2
Detached
5
Semi detached
77
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
38
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
47
Two people
33
Three people
18
Four people
15
Five people
10
Six people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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