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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
109
Population
297
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚PR7 1TD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
297
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
23%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
217
Single
88
Married
76
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
32
Widowed
8

Health

Population
297
Very good
134
Good
101
Fair
37
Bad
20
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
217
England❚PR7 1TD❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
297
White British
273
White Irish
5
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
8
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
3
Arab
3

Country of Birth

Population
297
England
264
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
11
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Italy
1
Spain
1
India
3
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
297
Christian
193
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
81
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
105
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚PR7 1TD❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
13
Unemployed
20
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
109
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
15
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
74
Rented - private landlord
6

Housing Types

All categoies
110
Occupied
109
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
12
Terraced
84
Flat - purpose built
8

Household Size

All categoies
109
One person
20
Two people
31
Three people
31
Four people
17
Five people
6
Six people
4

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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