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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
131
Population
303
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
63
England❚WA3 2NT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
303
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
50%
65 or over
35%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
48
Married
155
Separated
6
Divorced
21
Widowed
27

Health

Population
303
Very good
129
Good
107
Fair
46
Bad
14
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚WA3 2NT❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
303
White British
296
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
1
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
303
England
297
Wales
2
Ireland
3

Religion

Population
303
Christian
238
Muslim
2
No religion
34
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
128
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
13
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚WA3 2NT❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
15
Unemployed
3
Retired
72
Looking after home/family
5
Student
13
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
131
Detached
36
Semi detached
91
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
35
Two people
56
Three people
15
Four people
16
Five people
7
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