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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
130
Population
372
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚WN4 8TX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
372
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
59
Married
179
Separated
5
Divorced
14
Widowed
8

Health

Population
372
Very good
240
Good
98
Fair
26
Bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚WN4 8TX❚
Degree or above
65
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
372
White British
362
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Black Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
372
England
355
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
South America
1

Religion

Population
372
Christian
322
Other
1
No religion
35
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
209
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
17
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
263
England❚WN4 8TX❚
Full-Time employee
143
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
20
Unemployed
3
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
89
Rented - council
4
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
1
Detached
102
Semi detached
20
Terraced
9

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
20
Two people
34
Three people
30
Four people
37
Five people
8
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

WN4 8WA WN4 8XX WN4 8XW WN4 8XS WN4 8XZ WN4 8RZ WN4 8XR WN4 8XU WN4 8SR WN4 8SP 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