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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
154
Population
407
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
124
England❚WA3 2UG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
45
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
407
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
323
Single
79
Married
204
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
17
Widowed
13

Health

Population
407
Very good
225
Good
139
Fair
35
Bad
4
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
323
England❚WA3 2UG❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
116
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
407
White British
392
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
4
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
407
England
382
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
3
Turkey
1
China
1
Hong Kong
2

Religion

Population
407
Christian
316
Buddhist
5
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
58
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
245
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
49
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
27
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
309
England❚WA3 2UG❚
Full-Time employee
154
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
38
Unemployed
6
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
18
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
154
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
95
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
154
Detached
70
Semi detached
67
Terraced
16
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
154
One person
28
Two people
51
Three people
34
Four people
31
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