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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
133
Population
310
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚WN4 8PA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
82
Married
125
Separated
8
Divorced
29
Widowed
13

Health

Population
310
Very good
135
Good
116
Fair
39
Bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚WN4 8PA❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
49
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
303
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
304
Ireland
1
Lithuania
1
India
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
310
Christian
255
Hindu
2
Other
2
No religion
45
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
159
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
18
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
12
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚WN4 8PA❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
23
Unemployed
8
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
19

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
4
Detached
10
Semi detached
90
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
36
Two people
43
Three people
31
Four people
20
Five people
3

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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