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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lostock
Local Authority
Chorley
County
Lancashire
Constituency
South Ribble
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
42
Population
1981
Males
97%
Females
3%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
England❚PR5 3NL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
1981
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
94%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
39%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
1948
Single
1246
Married
206
Civil partnership
15
Separated
79
Divorced
335
Widowed
67

Health

Population
1981
Very good
562
Good
805
Fair
399
Bad
152
Very bad
335

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
1948
England❚PR5 3NL❚
Degree or above
146
2+ A Levels or equivalent
60
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
432
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
414
Apprenticeship
199
Other qualifications
134
No qualifications
563

Ethnicity

Population
1981
White British
1644
White Irish
24
White Gypsy
20
White Other
32
Mixed Black Caribbean
38
Mixed Black African
7
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
12
Asian Indian
17
Asian Pakistani
54
Asian Bangladeshi
8
Asian Chinese
15
Asian Other
17
Black African
28
Black Caribbean
28
Black Other
17
Arab
1
Other
14

Country of Birth

Population
1981
England
1679
Nortern Ireland
22
Scotland
61
Wales
52
Ireland
20
Germany
4
Portugal
2
Spain
1
Lithuania
6
Poland
4
Romania
5
Turkey
4
Nigeria
2
Somalia
2
South Africa
9
Zimbabwe
5
Middle East
10
China
5
Bangladesh
5
India
7
Pakistan
27
North America - Other
1
Central America
1
South America
3
Carribean
9
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
1981
Christian
1117
Buddhist
53
Hindu
2
Jewish
6
Muslim
121
Sikh
8
Other
26
No religion
552
Not stated
96

Industry

Population
530
Mining
1
Manufacturing
52
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
49
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
31
Information and communication
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
44
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
252
Education
22
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
1924
England❚PR5 3NL❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
392
Self employed
29
Unemployed
47
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
85
Student
55
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
11
Unemployed - Long term
30

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
24
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
1
Detached
7
Semi detached
15
Terraced
21

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
6
Two people
15
Three people
8
Four people
9
Five people
1
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

PR26 8NP PR26 8NH PR26 8NN PR26 8NW PR26 8NJ

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