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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
164
Population
369
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚PR7 1XD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
44
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
369
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
318
Single
70
Married
203
Separated
1
Divorced
22
Widowed
22

Health

Population
369
Very good
174
Good
134
Fair
38
Bad
19
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
318
England❚PR7 1XD❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
125
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
369
White British
356
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
369
England
344
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Poland
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
USA
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
369
Christian
275
Buddhist
2
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
63
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
191
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
27
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
296
England❚PR7 1XD❚
Full-Time employee
129
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
18
Unemployed
7
Retired
66
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
62
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
3
Detached
98
Semi detached
54
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
11

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
42
Two people
71
Three people
26
Four people
18
Five people
7

Nearby postcodes

PR7 1NP PR7 1XN PR7 1XA PR7 1XP PR7 1AP PR7 1XL PR7 1RR PR7 1RU PR7 1XX PR7 1RN

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