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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
Rural town and fringe
Households
131
Population
346
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚PR7 7DS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
346
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
91
Married
145
Separated
4
Divorced
27
Widowed
2

Health

Population
346
Very good
212
Good
104
Fair
21
Bad
7
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚PR7 7DS❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
134
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
346
White British
317
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
5

Country of Birth

Population
346
England
315
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
10
Wales
3
France
1
Poland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
3
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
346
Christian
254
Jewish
1
Muslim
15
No religion
52
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
216
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
27
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
22
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚PR7 7DS❚
Full-Time employee
157
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
28
Unemployed
7
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
87
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
13

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
24
Detached
92
Semi detached
32
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
17
Two people
58
Three people
27
Four people
18
Five people
6
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

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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