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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
140
Population
309
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚WN4 8QW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
66
Married
134
Separated
6
Divorced
27
Widowed
23

Health

Population
309
Very good
148
Good
105
Fair
47
Bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚WN4 8QW❚
Degree or above
52
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
306
White Irish
2
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
301
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
309
Christian
246
No religion
52
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
158
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
21
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚WN4 8QW❚
Full-Time employee
103
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
17
Unemployed
6
Retired
57
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
16

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
2
Detached
14
Semi detached
104
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
44
Two people
55
Three people
18
Four people
15
Five people
7
Six people
1

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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