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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
204
Population
447
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
171
England❚WA3 2NH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
61
C2 Skilled manual workers
40
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
447
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
361
Single
135
Married
148
Civil partnership
1
Separated
19
Divorced
34
Widowed
24

Health

Population
447
Very good
213
Good
131
Fair
63
Bad
30
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
361
England❚WA3 2NH❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
70
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
89
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
78

Ethnicity

Population
447
White British
418
White Irish
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
2
Asian Indian
6
Asian Chinese
3
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
447
England
425
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
7
Germany
3
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
3
India
3

Religion

Population
447
Christian
318
Buddhist
1
Hindu
5
Other
1
No religion
88
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
217
Manufacturing
24
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
17
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
341
England❚WA3 2NH❚
Full-Time employee
163
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
21
Unemployed
19
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
28
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
7
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
204
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - council
44
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
65
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
209
Occupied
204
Unoccupied
5
Detached
7
Semi detached
137
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
44
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
204
One person
69
Two people
67
Three people
39
Four people
19
Five people
9
Six people
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