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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wheelton and Withnell
Local Authority
Chorley
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Chorley
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
175
Population
426
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
135
England❚PR6 8BF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
68
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
426
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
359
Single
74
Married
235
Separated
8
Divorced
25
Widowed
17

Health

Population
426
Very good
230
Good
139
Fair
45
Bad
10
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
359
England❚PR6 8BF❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
167
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
426
White British
410
White Irish
2
White Other
7
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
426
England
400
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
3
USA
3

Religion

Population
426
Christian
314
Hindu
3
Other
2
No religion
73
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
232
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
28
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
28
Human health and social work
39

Economic Activity

Population
324
England❚PR6 8BF❚
Full-Time employee
124
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
54
Unemployed
6
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
28
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
175
Owned outright
89
Owned with mortgage
79
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
179
Occupied
175
Unoccupied
4
Detached
55
Semi detached
73
Terraced
51

Household Size

All categoies
175
One person
35
Two people
72
Three people
32
Four people
30
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