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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
166
Population
285
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚M46 9TR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
50

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
244
Single
79
Married
88
Civil partnership
1
Separated
11
Divorced
22
Widowed
43

Health

Population
285
Very good
101
Good
88
Fair
66
Bad
26
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
244
England❚M46 9TR❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
104

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
280
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
283
Scotland
2

Religion

Population
285
Christian
224
Other
1
No religion
41
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
120
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
198
England❚M46 9TR❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
14
Unemployed
8
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
25
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
166
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
44
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
180
Occupied
166
Unoccupied
14
Detached
1
Semi detached
19
Terraced
95
Flat - purpose built
58
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
166
One person
92
Two people
51
Three people
12
Four people
5
Five people
5
Six 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