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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
123
Population
258
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚M46 9JH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
258
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
224
Single
56
Married
120
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
22

Health

Population
258
Very good
104
Good
88
Fair
48
Bad
17
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
224
England❚M46 9JH❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
77

Ethnicity

Population
258
White British
255
White Irish
2
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
258
England
249
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
258
Christian
209
No religion
33
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
111
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
13
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚M46 9JH❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
10
Unemployed
11
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
123
Detached
1
Semi detached
71
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
45
Two people
46
Three people
14
Four people
13
Five people
3
Six people
2

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