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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
331
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚WN4 8RS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
331
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
267
Single
76
Married
152
Separated
4
Divorced
24
Widowed
11

Health

Population
331
Very good
156
Good
106
Fair
49
Bad
13
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
267
England❚WN4 8RS❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
331
White British
322
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
331
England
318
Wales
3
Ireland
3
India
1

Religion

Population
331
Christian
275
Hindu
1
No religion
42
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
165
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
14
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
254
England❚WN4 8RS❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
17
Unemployed
12
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
4
Detached
23
Semi detached
84
Terraced
21
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
18
Two people
48
Three people
29
Four people
21
Five people
8
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