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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lowton East
Local Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Leigh
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
128
Population
313
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚WA3 1DY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
313
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
247
Single
91
Married
120
Separated
8
Divorced
19
Widowed
9

Health

Population
313
Very good
167
Good
104
Fair
23
Bad
15
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
247
England❚WA3 1DY❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
313
White British
307
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
313
England
300
Scotland
9
Wales
2
Spain
1
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
313
Christian
247
Other
1
No religion
60
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
186
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
10
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚WA3 1DY❚
Full-Time employee
131
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
24
Unemployed
7
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
70
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
10
Detached
15
Semi detached
38
Terraced
81
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
29
Two people
47
Three people
26
Four people
19
Five people
6
Six people
1

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