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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
123
Population
307
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚WN4 9LQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
307
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
51
Married
189
Separated
3
Divorced
13
Widowed
9

Health

Population
307
Very good
155
Good
100
Fair
39
Bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚WN4 9LQ❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
307
White British
302
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
307
England
296
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Ireland
1
Germany
3
India
2
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
307
Christian
264
Hindu
2
No religion
32
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
171
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
14
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
254
England❚WN4 9LQ❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
16
Unemployed
11
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
2
Detached
57
Semi detached
65
Terraced
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
18
Two people
55
Three people
26
Four people
19
Five people
5

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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