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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
134
Population
401
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚WN4 8PS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
401
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
291
Single
75
Married
181
Separated
7
Divorced
19
Widowed
9

Health

Population
401
Very good
231
Good
123
Fair
32
Bad
13
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
291
England❚WN4 8PS❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
401
White British
391
White Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
401
England
387
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
4
Spain
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Philippines
1
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
401
Christian
336
Muslim
5
No religion
39
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
219
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
21
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
280
England❚WN4 8PS❚
Full-Time employee
135
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
28
Unemployed
7
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
83
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
1
Detached
70
Semi detached
61
Terraced
3
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
20
Two people
37
Three people
25
Four people
33
Five people
16
Six people
1
Seven 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