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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
135
Population
377
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚M46 9TE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
67

Age Groups

Population
377
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
135
Married
86
Separated
4
Divorced
22
Widowed
14

Health

Population
377
Very good
168
Good
118
Fair
66
Bad
19
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚M46 9TE❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
19
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
112

Ethnicity

Population
377
White British
364
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Other
1
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
377
England
361
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
4
Zimbabwe
2

Religion

Population
377
Christian
266
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
88
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
98
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
253
England❚M46 9TE❚
Full-Time employee
58
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
11
Unemployed
33
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
31
Long-term sick/disabled
25
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
9
Unemployed - Long term
15

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
88
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
129
Terraced
6

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
23
Two people
38
Three people
39
Four people
18
Five people
13
Six people
4

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