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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
145
Population
328
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚PR6 8RQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
328
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
89
Married
120
Separated
4
Divorced
32
Widowed
16

Health

Population
328
Very good
169
Good
106
Fair
38
Bad
11
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚PR6 8RQ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
86
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
328
White British
305
White Irish
4
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Black Caribbean
5

Country of Birth

Population
328
England
307
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Turkey
1
Middle East
1
India
1
South America
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
328
Christian
243
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
61
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
194
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
27
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
247
England❚PR6 8RQ❚
Full-Time employee
121
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
22
Unemployed
12
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
72
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
15
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
8
Detached
10
Semi detached
11
Terraced
129
Flat - purpose built
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
40
Two people
57
Three people
26
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

PR6 8JU PR6 8SP PR6 8SU PR6 8SJ

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