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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
142
Population
299
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚WN4 8RY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
39

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
81
Married
119
Separated
7
Divorced
28
Widowed
17

Health

Population
299
Very good
115
Good
111
Fair
42
Bad
23
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚WN4 8RY❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
42
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
287
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
4

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
281
Scotland
4
Portugal
1
Poland
4
South Africa
4
Philippines
4
USA
1

Religion

Population
299
Christian
243
No religion
44
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
151
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
17
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
238
England❚WN4 8RY❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
21
Unemployed
10
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
62
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
10
Detached
16
Semi detached
64
Terraced
55
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
49
Two people
50
Three people
26
Four people
14
Five people
2
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