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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
153
Population
330
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚WN4 9BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
330
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
96
Married
84
Civil partnership
2
Separated
13
Divorced
29
Widowed
19

Health

Population
330
Very good
149
Good
128
Fair
35
Bad
13
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚WN4 9BL❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
330
White British
310
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Pakistani
5
Black Other
1
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
330
England
315
Scotland
4
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Middle East
4
Pakistan
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
330
Christian
240
Muslim
9
Other
2
No religion
64
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
146
Manufacturing
16
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
20
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
14
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
223
England❚WN4 9BL❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
23
Unemployed
14
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
153
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
56
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
174
Occupied
153
Unoccupied
21
Detached
7
Semi detached
23
Terraced
101
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
16

Household Size

All categoies
153
One person
57
Two people
49
Three people
25
Four people
14
Five people
6
Six 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