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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
119
Population
309
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚WN4 9LE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
74
Married
161
Separated
3
Divorced
17
Widowed
14

Health

Population
309
Very good
145
Good
112
Fair
39
Bad
12
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚WN4 9LE❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
306
White Irish
1
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
299
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Poland
1
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
255
Other
1
No religion
39
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
22
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚WN4 9LE❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
22
Unemployed
7
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
3
Detached
57
Semi detached
63
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
18
Two people
48
Three people
28
Four people
17
Five people
5
Six people
3

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