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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
125
Population
261
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚WA3 2LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
261
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
193
Single
69
Married
76
Civil partnership
1
Separated
3
Divorced
33
Widowed
11

Health

Population
261
Very good
107
Good
68
Fair
50
Bad
29
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
193
England❚WA3 2LN❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
261
White British
243
White Irish
2
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Other
1
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
261
England
248
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
261
Christian
186
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
No religion
49
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
81
Manufacturing
7
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
180
England❚WA3 2LN❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
13
Unemployed
24
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
8
Unemployed - Long term
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
87
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
8

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
2
Detached
8
Semi detached
24
Terraced
85
Flat - purpose built
10

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
48
Two people
41
Three people
15
Four people
19
Five 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