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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
378
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚WA3 2LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
378
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
77
Married
149
Separated
9
Divorced
23
Widowed
3

Health

Population
378
Very good
255
Good
100
Fair
17
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚WA3 2LS❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
378
White British
340
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
11
Asian Other
1
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
1
Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
378
England
347
Scotland
1
Wales
4
Germany
1
Nigeria
5
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
China
1
Hong Kong
4
South America
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3

Religion

Population
378
Christian
292
Buddhist
4
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
64
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
215
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
5
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
22
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
21
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
254
England❚WA3 2LS❚
Full-Time employee
151
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
24
Unemployed
4
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
94
Rented - council
4
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
130
Detached
72
Semi detached
49
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
17
Two people
39
Three people
31
Four people
28
Five people
12
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