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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
140
Population
345
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚M46 9NJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
345
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
280
Single
96
Married
133
Separated
8
Divorced
22
Widowed
21

Health

Population
345
Very good
135
Good
110
Fair
67
Bad
26
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
280
England❚M46 9NJ❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
32
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
119

Ethnicity

Population
345
White British
341
White Irish
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
345
England
340
Wales
3
Ireland
2

Religion

Population
345
Christian
273
Other
1
No religion
45
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
131
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
6
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
9
Education
5
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
234
England❚M46 9NJ❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
21
Unemployed
19
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
42
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
45
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
5
Detached
3
Semi detached
102
Terraced
39
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
33
Two people
53
Three people
25
Four people
18
Five people
8
Six people
2
Seven people
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