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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
140
Population
276
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚PR7 1UA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
276
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
67
Married
111
Separated
9
Divorced
39
Widowed
14

Health

Population
276
Very good
134
Good
93
Fair
41
Bad
7
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚PR7 1UA❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
77
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
276
White British
258
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
276
England
243
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
14
Wales
4
Germany
2
Italy
2
Portugal
4
Poland
1
South Africa
1
India
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
276
Christian
214
Buddhist
1
No religion
47
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
161
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
19
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚PR7 1UA❚
Full-Time employee
111
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
17
Unemployed
8
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
68
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
4
Detached
29
Semi detached
95
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
50
Two people
57
Three people
23
Four people
8
Five people
1
Six people
1

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PR7 1TT PR7 1TU PR7 1TJ PR7 1TX PR7 1ST PR7 1TB PR7 1TD PR7 1TY PR7 1TA PR7 1XS PR7 1SX PR7 1XT PR7 1SU PR7 1BZ PR7 1SY 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