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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
307
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚WA3 2RL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
55
Married
164
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
23
Widowed
18

Health

Population
307
Very good
151
Good
97
Fair
38
Bad
16
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚WA3 2RL❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
294
White Irish
6
White Other
3
Asian Pakistani
3
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
286
Scotland
9
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
1
Middle East
1
Pakistan
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
307
Christian
243
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
37
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
25
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
21
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
243
England❚WA3 2RL❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
26
Unemployed
9
Retired
61
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
7
Detached
124
Semi detached
14

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
29
Two people
56
Three people
24
Four people
18
Five people
2
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