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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
105
Population
245
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚PR7 1XR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
245
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
192
Single
76
Married
69
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
14

Health

Population
245
Very good
116
Good
76
Fair
32
Bad
14
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
192
England❚PR7 1XR❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
245
White British
234
White Other
6
Mixed Other
1
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
245
England
215
Scotland
10
Wales
6
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
245
Christian
138
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
76
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
111
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
15
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
176
England❚PR7 1XR❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
13
Unemployed
11
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
105
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
24
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
52
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
107
Occupied
105
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
36
Terraced
52
Flat - purpose built
13

Household Size

All categoies
105
One person
31
Two people
33
Three people
23
Four people
11
Five people
7

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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