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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
111
Population
263
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚WN4 8UD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
49

Age Groups

Population
263
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
202
Single
74
Married
71
Separated
6
Divorced
30
Widowed
21

Health

Population
263
Very good
104
Good
90
Fair
45
Bad
16
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
202
England❚WN4 8UD❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
18
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
263
White British
239
White Irish
1
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
263
England
241
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Portugal
1
Lithuania
9
Nigeria
5
Philippines
2

Religion

Population
263
Christian
190
Buddhist
1
Muslim
5
Sikh
1
No religion
48
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
92
Manufacturing
16
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Financial and insurance
1
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
180
England❚WN4 8UD❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
13
Unemployed
23
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
78
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
114
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
3
Detached
2
Semi detached
105
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
37
Two people
27
Three people
23
Four people
17
Five people
7

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