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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
148
Population
306
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
128
England❚WA3 1EL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
46
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
306
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
250
Single
88
Married
103
Civil partnership
4
Separated
6
Divorced
36
Widowed
13

Health

Population
306
Very good
155
Good
86
Fair
46
Bad
13
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
250
England❚WA3 1EL❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
306
White British
286
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
6
Black African
1
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
306
England
291
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Germany
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
306
Christian
216
Hindu
4
Muslim
2
No religion
69
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
172
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
7
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚WA3 1EL❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
23
Unemployed
8
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
148
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
69
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
157
Occupied
148
Unoccupied
9
Detached
24
Semi detached
20
Terraced
82
Flat - purpose built
28
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
148
One person
63
Two people
41
Three people
21
Four people
19
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

WA3 1EJ WA3 1EH WN7 3PP WN7 3QG WN7 3QX WN7 3PN WN7 3PS WN7 3PW WN7 3PT WN7 3QQ WN7 3QJ WN7 3QL WN7 3GP WN7 3PQ WN7 3PF WN7 3QN WN7 3QH WN7 3QU WN7 3QR WN7 3PG WN7 3PD WN7 3PA WN7 3PR WN7 3PB

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