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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
141
Population
288
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚WA3 2GL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
288
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
39
Married
146
Separated
10
Divorced
19
Widowed
26

Health

Population
288
Very good
107
Good
117
Fair
48
Bad
11
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚WA3 2GL❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
288
White British
281
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
288
England
269
Scotland
6
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
288
Christian
224
Muslim
1
No religion
49
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
134
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚WA3 2GL❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
12
Unemployed
6
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
2
Detached
17
Semi detached
117
Terraced
8
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
45
Two people
64
Three people
18
Four people
10
Five people
3
Six people
1

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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