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Administrative Areas

Ward
Astley and Buckshaw
Local Authority
Chorley
County
Lancashire
Constituency
Chorley
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
132
Population
314
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚PR7 1TA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
314
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
237
Single
103
Married
83
Separated
8
Divorced
33
Widowed
10

Health

Population
314
Very good
132
Good
104
Fair
53
Bad
21
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
237
England❚PR7 1TA❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
314
White British
299
White Irish
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
6
Black Caribbean
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
314
England
285
Nortern Ireland
6
Scotland
9
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
314
Christian
192
Hindu
5
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
93
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
8
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚PR7 1TA❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
11
Unemployed
26
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
17

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
87
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
4
Detached
8
Semi detached
18
Terraced
75
Flat - purpose built
35

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
34
Two people
46
Three people
26
Four people
21
Five people
4
Six people
1

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PR7 1TT PR7 1TU PR7 1TJ PR7 1TX PR7 1ST PR7 1TD PR7 1TY PR7 1XS PR7 1XT PR7 1SU PR7 1BZ PR7 1SY PR7 1UB PR7 1XB PR7 1UA PR7 1XR PR7 1TS PR7 1XE PR7 1XH PR7 1PR PR7 1DH PR7 1TR PR7 1PQ

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