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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 town and fringe
Households
108
Population
255
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
69
England❚PR6 8RB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
255
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
202
Single
63
Married
84
Separated
5
Divorced
26
Widowed
24

Health

Population
255
Very good
102
Good
84
Fair
48
Bad
16
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
202
England❚PR6 8RB❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
255
White British
239
White Irish
7
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
255
England
238
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
2
Ireland
3
Poland
5
Zimbabwe
1
India
1

Religion

Population
255
Christian
203
Other
1
No religion
29
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
109
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
12
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
176
England❚PR6 8RB❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
18
Unemployed
7
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
108
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
110
Occupied
108
Unoccupied
2
Detached
15
Semi detached
50
Terraced
45

Household Size

All categoies
108
One person
26
Two people
49
Three people
14
Four people
9
Five people
7
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

PR6 8QU PR6 8QW PR6 8QN PR6 8PS PR6 8PU PR6 8QH PR6 8QP PR6 8PX PR6 8QB PR6 8QT PR6 8QS PR6 8QR PR6 8QG PR6 8QX PR6 8QY PR6 8RH PR6 8RE PR6 8RD

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