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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
223
Population
514
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
199
England❚M46 0EY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
65
C2 Skilled manual workers
44
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
71

Age Groups

Population
514
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
410
Single
193
Married
152
Separated
10
Divorced
44
Widowed
11

Health

Population
514
Very good
250
Good
152
Fair
68
Bad
35
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
410
England❚M46 0EY❚
Degree or above
61
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
81
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
65
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
99

Ethnicity

Population
514
White British
472
White Irish
3
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
7
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
3
Black African
15
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
514
England
475
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
3
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
Turkey
1
Nigeria
1
Somalia
2
Zimbabwe
10
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
5

Religion

Population
514
Christian
351
Buddhist
2
Hindu
7
Muslim
1
No religion
126
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
249
Mining
1
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
47
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
24
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
12
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
395
England❚M46 0EY❚
Full-Time employee
177
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
29
Unemployed
29
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
47
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
17
Unemployed - never worked
12
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
223
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
92
Rented - council
84
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
25
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
232
Occupied
223
Unoccupied
9
Detached
13
Semi detached
96
Terraced
60
Flat - purpose built
61
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
223
One person
72
Two people
75
Three people
39
Four people
20
Five people
7
Six people
10

Nearby postcodes

M46 0UA M46 0RL M46 0FY M46 0LL M46 0LJ M46 0LE M46 0JZ M46 0LH M46 0RY M46 0AP M46 0JN M46 0LY M46 0HG M46 0FQ M46 0HU M46 0JS M46 0NH M46 0LA M46 0NG M46 0JX M46 0LB M46 0LF M46 0JY M46 0FN M46 0HH M46 0FP M46 0TX M46 0JT M46 0TW M46 0HB M46 0HW M46 0HJ M46 0HN M46 0HE M46 0FL M46 0FH M46 0HD M46 0FJ M46 0HF M46 0HA M46 0WY M46 0SG M46 9PN M46 9PH

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