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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
130
Population
323
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚WA3 2GN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
323
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
61
Married
144
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
23
Widowed
13

Health

Population
323
Very good
171
Good
106
Fair
39
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚WA3 2GN❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
323
White British
297
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
6
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
323
England
305
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Poland
2
China
1
Hong Kong
2
India
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
323
Christian
253
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Other
1
No religion
51
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
173
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
20
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
234
England❚WA3 2GN❚
Full-Time employee
114
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
17
Unemployed
8
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
71
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
3
Detached
52
Semi detached
51
Terraced
28
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
21
Two people
55
Three people
28
Four people
23
Five people
2
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