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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
129
Population
306
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚PR7 1XJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
306
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
60
Married
162
Separated
9
Divorced
20
Widowed
9

Health

Population
306
Very good
146
Good
113
Fair
37
Bad
8
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚PR7 1XJ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
306
White British
284
White Irish
4
White Other
8
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
306
England
270
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
9
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
9
South Africa
2
Pakistan
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
306
Christian
229
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
6
No religion
58
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
176
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
10
Human health and social work
35

Economic Activity

Population
247
England❚PR7 1XJ❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
12
Unemployed
8
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
58
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
1
Detached
84
Semi detached
39
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
24
Two people
61
Three people
22
Four people
17
Five people
4
Six people
1

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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