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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
143
Population
285
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚WN4 8PR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
91
Married
93
Separated
5
Divorced
44
Widowed
10

Health

Population
285
Very good
137
Good
103
Fair
30
Bad
12
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚WN4 8PR❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
276
White Irish
5
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
273
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
1
Wales
4
Ireland
3

Religion

Population
285
Christian
226
Sikh
1
No religion
52
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
176
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
10
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
234
England❚WN4 8PR❚
Full-Time employee
124
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
19
Unemployed
8
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
78
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
4
Detached
5
Semi detached
98
Terraced
44

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
51
Two people
55
Three people
27
Four people
7
Five people
3

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