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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
198
Population
432
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
159
England❚WN4 9HW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
48
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
432
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
345
Single
133
Married
150
Separated
13
Divorced
32
Widowed
17

Health

Population
432
Very good
213
Good
142
Fair
51
Bad
23
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
345
England❚WN4 9HW❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
65
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
432
White British
426
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
432
England
417
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
China
1

Religion

Population
432
Christian
340
Hindu
1
No religion
77
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
230
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
19
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
318
England❚WN4 9HW❚
Full-Time employee
150
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
29
Unemployed
12
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
198
Owned outright
62
Owned with mortgage
81
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
37
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
204
Occupied
198
Unoccupied
6
Detached
23
Semi detached
92
Terraced
74
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
198
One person
60
Two people
77
Three people
36
Four people
16
Five people
8
Six 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