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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
119
Population
310
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚WN4 8UA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
78
Married
95
Separated
7
Divorced
37
Widowed
11

Health

Population
310
Very good
127
Good
100
Fair
65
Bad
11
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚WN4 8UA❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
16
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
298
White Other
12

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
291
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Poland
6
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
235
Other
2
No religion
56
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
115
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
212
England❚WN4 8UA❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
6
Unemployed
16
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
61
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
2
Detached
5
Semi detached
109
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
27
Two people
37
Three people
23
Four people
22
Five people
8
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

WN4 8AB WN4 8UG WN4 8UF WN4 8TL

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