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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
131
Population
367
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚WN4 9JD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
367
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
284
Single
86
Married
163
Separated
7
Divorced
19
Widowed
9

Health

Population
367
Very good
200
Good
123
Fair
32
Bad
10
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
284
England❚WN4 9JD❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
69
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
59
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
367
White British
353
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
367
England
351
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Spain
1
South Africa
3
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
367
Christian
281
Buddhist
2
No religion
61
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
231
Manufacturing
27
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
56
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
20
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
284
England❚WN4 9JD❚
Full-Time employee
146
Part-Time employee
57
Self employed
24
Unemployed
8
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
84
Rented - private landlord
11

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
5
Detached
8
Semi detached
126
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
19
Two people
42
Three people
34
Four people
22
Five people
11
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