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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
130
Population
389
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
128
England❚PR7 7EW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
49
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
49
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
389
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
38%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
1%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
282
Single
89
Married
168
Separated
2
Divorced
20
Widowed
3

Health

Population
389
Very good
265
Good
107
Fair
13
Bad
3
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
282
England❚PR7 7EW❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
134
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
11

Ethnicity

Population
389
White British
353
White Irish
3
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
5
Asian Chinese
13
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
389
England
353
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Italy
1
South Africa
3
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
3
India
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
389
Christian
277
Buddhist
7
Hindu
1
Muslim
6
Other
3
No religion
85
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
241
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
21
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
21
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
23
Education
20
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
280
England❚PR7 7EW❚
Full-Time employee
189
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
16
Unemployed
7
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
17
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
108
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
23
Detached
103
Semi detached
29
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
8
Two people
47
Three people
26
Four people
39
Five people
7
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

PR7 7HZ

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