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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
120
Population
288
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚M46 0TP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
288
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
71
Married
103
Separated
8
Divorced
23
Widowed
22

Health

Population
288
Very good
117
Good
94
Fair
56
Bad
16
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚M46 0TP❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
31
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
93

Ethnicity

Population
288
White British
274
White Irish
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
288
England
271
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Spain
1
Middle East
1
India
1
Pakistan
4
South America
1

Religion

Population
288
Christian
207
Hindu
2
Muslim
2
No religion
62
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
119
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚M46 0TP❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
13
Unemployed
8
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - council
31
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
3
Detached
33
Semi detached
64
Terraced
8
Flat - purpose built
17
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
29
Two people
49
Three people
18
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

BL5 2TE

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