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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
126
Population
429
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚WN4 8WD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
429
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
76
Married
175
Separated
8
Divorced
21
Widowed
3

Health

Population
429
Very good
300
Good
95
Fair
26
Bad
7
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
England❚WN4 8WD❚
Degree or above
58
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
65
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
86
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
429
White British
427
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
429
England
418
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
4
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Kenya
1

Religion

Population
429
Christian
375
No religion
46
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
237
Manufacturing
29
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
21
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
281
England❚WN4 8WD❚
Full-Time employee
165
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
24
Unemployed
8
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
104
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
126
Detached
103
Semi detached
23

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
5
Two people
27
Three people
32
Four people
39
Five people
20
Six people
3

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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