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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
120
Population
277
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚WN4 8ZN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
66
Married
127
Separated
3
Divorced
17
Widowed
15

Health

Population
277
Very good
121
Good
99
Fair
34
Bad
19
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚WN4 8ZN❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
273
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
3

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
266
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Germany
2
India
1

Religion

Population
277
Christian
211
Hindu
3
Other
1
No religion
40
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
145
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
12
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
207
England❚WN4 8ZN❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
19
Unemployed
6
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
47
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
19
Detached
22
Semi detached
59
Terraced
56
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
35
Two people
43
Three people
22
Four people
13
Five people
6
Eight or over
1

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