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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
128
Population
281
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚WA3 2JP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
281
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
76
Married
100
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
18
Widowed
13

Health

Population
281
Very good
148
Good
84
Fair
35
Bad
9
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚WA3 2JP❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
281
White British
265
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
2
Black African
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
281
England
270
Scotland
1
Wales
2
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1
South America
3

Religion

Population
281
Christian
208
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
No religion
53
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
142
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
12
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
210
England❚WA3 2JP❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
13
Unemployed
7
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
59
Shared ownership
12
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
4
Detached
31
Semi detached
40
Terraced
60
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
49
Two people
37
Three people
17
Four people
20
Five people
3
Six people
2

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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