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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
126
Population
318
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚WA3 2JU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
318
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
68
Married
161
Separated
6
Divorced
22
Widowed
12

Health

Population
318
Very good
172
Good
101
Fair
30
Bad
12
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚WA3 2JU❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
318
White British
316
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
318
England
308
Scotland
8
Wales
1
Germany
1

Religion

Population
318
Christian
268
Buddhist
2
Other
1
No religion
31
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
179
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
25
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
255
England❚WA3 2JU❚
Full-Time employee
119
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
25
Unemployed
7
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
2
Detached
79
Semi detached
46
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
21
Two people
53
Three people
23
Four people
28
Eight or over
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