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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
140
Population
327
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚WA3 2DA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
327
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
85
Married
122
Separated
6
Divorced
16
Widowed
26

Health

Population
327
Very good
110
Good
124
Fair
65
Bad
23
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚WA3 2DA❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
91

Ethnicity

Population
327
White British
317
White Irish
5
White Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
327
England
313
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Germany
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
327
Christian
228
Buddhist
1
Muslim
2
No religion
72
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
118
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
224
England❚WA3 2DA❚
Full-Time employee
65
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
16
Unemployed
12
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
46
Rented - council
28
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
3
Detached
12
Semi detached
93
Terraced
37
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
36
Two people
62
Three people
20
Four people
9
Five people
7
Six people
6

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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