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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
152
Population
346
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚WN4 8SX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
346
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
105
Married
100
Separated
8
Divorced
34
Widowed
21

Health

Population
346
Very good
161
Good
113
Fair
49
Bad
21
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚WN4 8SX❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
71

Ethnicity

Population
346
White British
336
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
346
England
336
Germany
1
Poland
3
Middle East
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
346
Christian
270
Other
6
No religion
54
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
154
Mining
1
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
9
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚WN4 8SX❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
25
Unemployed
14
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
152
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
65
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
13
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
161
Occupied
152
Unoccupied
9
Detached
42
Semi detached
47
Terraced
71
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
152
One person
54
Two people
47
Three people
20
Four people
22
Five people
5
Six people
3
Seven 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