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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
125
Population
320
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚WN4 8QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
320
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
271
Single
68
Married
163
Separated
6
Divorced
13
Widowed
21

Health

Population
320
Very good
135
Good
128
Fair
39
Bad
12
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
271
England❚WN4 8QS❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
320
White British
317
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
320
England
315
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Nigeria
1

Religion

Population
320
Christian
284
No religion
31
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
152
Mining
2
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
20
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚WN4 8QS❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
20
Unemployed
8
Retired
48
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
1
Detached
9
Semi detached
114
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
22
Two people
48
Three people
27
Four people
21
Five people
5
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