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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
133
Population
454
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
127
England❚WA3 2GU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
55
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
454
Under 16
33%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
27%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
72
Married
201
Civil partnership
4
Separated
2
Divorced
14
Widowed
10

Health

Population
454
Very good
295
Good
136
Fair
20
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚WA3 2GU❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
118
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
454
White British
420
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
4
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
16
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
454
England
429
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
China
6
Hong Kong
3
Philippines
1
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
454
Christian
344
Buddhist
6
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
81
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
241
Mining
2
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
31
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
299
England❚WA3 2GU❚
Full-Time employee
152
Part-Time employee
48
Self employed
34
Unemployed
10
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
97
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
133
Detached
120
Semi detached
6
Terraced
6
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
5
Two people
30
Three people
24
Four people
56
Five people
15
Six people
3

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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