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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
151
Population
384
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
126
England❚WN4 9DT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
384
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
98
Married
156
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
26
Widowed
16

Health

Population
384
Very good
210
Good
120
Fair
34
Bad
14
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚WN4 9DT❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
86
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
384
White British
375
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Black African
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
384
England
372
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Portugal
2
Nigeria
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
384
Christian
334
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
32
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
216
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
25
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
286
England❚WN4 9DT❚
Full-Time employee
162
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
15
Unemployed
9
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
151
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
84
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
151
Unoccupied
1
Detached
64
Semi detached
10
Terraced
72
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
151
One person
37
Two people
41
Three people
38
Four people
28
Five people
4
Six people
2
Seven people
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