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Administrative Areas

Ward
Ashton
Local Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Makerfield
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
163
Population
386
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
139
England❚WN4 8FJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
45

Age Groups

Population
386
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
290
Single
117
Married
112
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
34
Widowed
16

Health

Population
386
Very good
210
Good
112
Fair
46
Bad
15
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
290
England❚WN4 8FJ❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
72
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
386
White British
367
White Other
5
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
386
England
369
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Nigeria
1
India
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
386
Christian
291
Hindu
2
Jewish
1
No religion
82
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
209
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
48
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
15
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
274
England❚WN4 8FJ❚
Full-Time employee
141
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
23
Unemployed
9
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
70
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
48
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
175
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
12
Detached
10
Semi detached
37
Terraced
96
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
46
Two people
53
Three people
32
Four people
24
Five people
6
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