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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
137
Population
301
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚WN4 9AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
301
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
21%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
271
Single
77
Married
108
Separated
18
Divorced
24
Widowed
44

Health

Population
301
Very good
95
Good
111
Fair
42
Bad
41
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
271
England❚WN4 9AR❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
100

Ethnicity

Population
301
White British
293
White Other
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
301
England
291
Wales
2
Germany
1
Spain
1
South Africa
1
Pakistan
1
USA
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
301
Christian
240
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
37
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
127
Mining
2
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
13
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚WN4 9AR❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
22
Unemployed
8
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
9
Detached
18
Semi detached
45
Terraced
74
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
54
Two people
58
Three people
16
Four people
7
Five people
1
Eight or over
1

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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