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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
150
Population
365
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚WN4 8RZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
365
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
300
Single
75
Married
171
Separated
6
Divorced
24
Widowed
24

Health

Population
365
Very good
173
Good
119
Fair
55
Bad
14
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
300
England❚WN4 8RZ❚
Degree or above
58
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
70
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
365
White British
358
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
365
England
356
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Germany
1
Spain
1
Somalia
1
China
2
India
1

Religion

Population
365
Christian
306
Buddhist
2
No religion
36
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
191
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
20
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
17
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
288
England❚WN4 8RZ❚
Full-Time employee
121
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
19
Unemployed
8
Retired
63
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
150
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
78
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
150
Unoccupied
1
Detached
28
Semi detached
108
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
150
One person
32
Two people
64
Three people
24
Four people
20
Five people
7
Six people
3

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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