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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
151
Population
364
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚WA3 1PF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
43
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
364
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
310
Single
72
Married
191
Civil partnership
4
Separated
8
Divorced
18
Widowed
17

Health

Population
364
Very good
197
Good
113
Fair
44
Bad
8
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
310
England❚WA3 1PF❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
113
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
364
White British
353
White Irish
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
3
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
364
England
345
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Germany
1
Bangladesh
3
Philippines
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
364
Christian
264
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
50
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
203
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
20
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
20
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
295
England❚WA3 1PF❚
Full-Time employee
111
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
50
Unemployed
7
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
151
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
67
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
11
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
163
Occupied
151
Unoccupied
12
Detached
101
Semi detached
47
Terraced
8
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
151
One person
32
Two people
61
Three people
26
Four people
29
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

WA12 0BS WA12 0JD WA12 0HS WA12 0JB WA12 0JA WA3 1PG

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