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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
283
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
63
England❚WA3 2PR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
283
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
250
Single
49
Married
153
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
15
Widowed
28

Health

Population
283
Very good
103
Good
104
Fair
61
Bad
13
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
250
England❚WA3 2PR❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
90
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
283
White British
279
White Irish
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
283
England
271
Scotland
1
Wales
5
Ireland
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
China
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
283
Christian
231
Buddhist
2
No religion
29
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
128
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
19
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚WA3 2PR❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
20
Unemployed
6
Retired
59
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
75
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
3
Detached
44
Semi detached
81
Terraced
4

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
26
Two people
63
Three people
21
Four people
12
Five people
4

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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