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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
186
Population
403
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
161
England❚PR6 8EU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
58
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
51
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
403
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
327
Single
99
Married
168
Separated
11
Divorced
37
Widowed
12

Health

Population
403
Very good
217
Good
135
Fair
41
Bad
6
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
327
England❚PR6 8EU❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
162
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
403
White British
387
White Irish
4
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
403
England
381
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
5
China
2
India
1
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
403
Christian
277
Hindu
1
Muslim
4
Other
5
No religion
86
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
236
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
24
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
31
Human health and social work
39

Economic Activity

Population
317
England❚PR6 8EU❚
Full-Time employee
148
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
48
Unemployed
7
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
186
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
85
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
199
Occupied
186
Unoccupied
13
Detached
38
Semi detached
46
Terraced
108
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
186
One person
55
Two people
76
Three people
30
Four people
19
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

PR6 8LP PR6 8LT PR6 8EP PR6 8ET PR6 8HZ PR6 8EX

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