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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
127
Population
305
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚PR7 1TR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
263
Single
57
Married
166
Separated
7
Divorced
18
Widowed
15

Health

Population
305
Very good
143
Good
102
Fair
49
Bad
8
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
263
England❚PR7 1TR❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
94
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
289
White Irish
4
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
279
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Nigeria
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
Philippines
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
255
No religion
31
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
150
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
21
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚PR7 1TR❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
18
Unemployed
8
Retired
58
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
67
Owned with mortgage
45
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
5
Detached
94
Semi detached
31
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
29
Two people
50
Three people
27
Four people
15
Five people
6

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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