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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
128
Population
310
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚WN4 9JR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
55
Married
161
Separated
6
Divorced
26
Widowed
13

Health

Population
310
Very good
149
Good
102
Fair
40
Bad
15
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚WN4 9JR❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
67
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
306
White Other
3
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
294
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
243
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
35
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
175
Mining
1
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
19
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
245
England❚WN4 9JR❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
19
Unemployed
7
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
6

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
2
Detached
27
Semi detached
103

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
27
Two people
52
Three people
23
Four people
21
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

WN4 9HU WN4 9HX WN4 9HY

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