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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
126
Population
296
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
75
England❚PR7 1UR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
296
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
38
Married
175
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
20

Health

Population
296
Very good
144
Good
108
Fair
37
Bad
6
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚PR7 1UR❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
109
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
296
White British
281
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
9
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
296
England
270
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
6
Wales
3
Poland
5
India
6
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
296
Christian
248
Other
2
No religion
35
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
12
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
20
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
227
England❚PR7 1UR❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
18
Unemployed
7
Retired
66
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
78
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
4
Detached
103
Semi detached
24
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
24
Two people
60
Three people
19
Four people
20
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

PR7 1TP PR7 1SH PR7 6DH PR7 1UT PR7 1XJ

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