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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
122
Population
241
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
63
England❚WN4 8XL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
241
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
37%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
39%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
40
Married
141
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
29

Health

Population
241
Very good
72
Good
98
Fair
50
Bad
17
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚WN4 8XL❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
241
White British
236
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
241
England
234
Scotland
2
Ireland
2
Germany
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
241
Christian
205
No religion
32
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
112
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
14
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
198
England❚WN4 8XL❚
Full-Time employee
67
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
15
Unemployed
4
Retired
70
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
79
Owned with mortgage
33
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
1
Detached
23
Semi detached
94
Terraced
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
41
Two people
54
Three people
18
Four people
7
Five people
2

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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