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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
354
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚WN4 8XZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
45
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
354
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
242
Single
59
Married
152
Separated
7
Divorced
16
Widowed
8

Health

Population
354
Very good
221
Good
96
Fair
30
Bad
5
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
242
England❚WN4 8XZ❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
354
White British
343
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
354
England
344
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Pakistan
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
354
Christian
285
Muslim
5
No religion
50
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
190
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
20
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚WN4 8XZ❚
Full-Time employee
121
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
19
Unemployed
6
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
17
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
81
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
12

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
2
Detached
59
Semi detached
50
Terraced
19

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
24
Two people
30
Three people
27
Four people
36
Five people
9

Nearby postcodes

WN4 8WA WN4 8XX WN4 8XW WN4 8XS WN4 8SW WN4 8TX WN4 8RZ WN4 8XR WN4 8XY 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