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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
111
Population
249
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚WN4 9EJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
249
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
200
Single
70
Married
94
Separated
6
Divorced
17
Widowed
13

Health

Population
249
Very good
108
Good
77
Fair
48
Bad
15
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
200
England❚WN4 9EJ❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
249
White British
235
White Irish
6
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
3

Country of Birth

Population
249
England
236
Nortern Ireland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
2
Middle East
2

Religion

Population
249
Christian
179
No religion
38
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
117
Mining
1
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
183
England❚WN4 9EJ❚
Full-Time employee
71
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
14
Unemployed
10
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
36
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
115
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
4
Detached
6
Semi detached
87
Terraced
17
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
30
Two people
44
Three people
22
Four people
11
Five people
3
Six people
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