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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
127
Population
380
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚WN4 8SP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
380
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
1%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
69
Married
164
Separated
11
Divorced
21
Widowed
3

Health

Population
380
Very good
244
Good
104
Fair
23
Bad
8
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚WN4 8SP❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
89
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
380
White British
372
White Other
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
380
England
370
Scotland
2
Wales
1
South Africa
2
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
380
Christian
306
Jewish
1
No religion
55
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
227
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
28
Education
23
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚WN4 8SP❚
Full-Time employee
143
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
26
Unemployed
8
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
106
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
2
Detached
100
Semi detached
28
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
16
Two people
27
Three people
39
Four people
35
Five people
7
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

WN4 8WA WN4 8XX WN4 8XW WN4 8XZ WN4 8SW WN4 8TX WN4 8RZ WN4 8XY WN4 8XP

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