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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
202
Population
503
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
136
England❚WN4 9EW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
503
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
405
Single
89
Married
258
Separated
5
Divorced
29
Widowed
24

Health

Population
503
Very good
255
Good
149
Fair
70
Bad
23
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
405
England❚WN4 9EW❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
30
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
80
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
103
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
78

Ethnicity

Population
503
White British
488
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
503
England
476
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Romania
1
Turkey
1
India
3
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
503
Christian
389
Buddhist
1
Hindu
5
Jewish
1
Muslim
2
No religion
74
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
235
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
29
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
22
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
385
England❚WN4 9EW❚
Full-Time employee
151
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
33
Unemployed
11
Retired
99
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
202
Owned outright
98
Owned with mortgage
89
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
205
Occupied
202
Unoccupied
3
Detached
39
Semi detached
159
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
202
One person
41
Two people
85
Three people
29
Four people
32
Five people
13
Six people
2

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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