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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
125
Population
342
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚WN4 9LX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
45
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
342
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
280
Single
63
Married
187
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
15
Widowed
9

Health

Population
342
Very good
182
Good
116
Fair
31
Bad
12
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
280
England❚WN4 9LX❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
100
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
342
White British
330
White Irish
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
2

Country of Birth

Population
342
England
330
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
3
India
2

Religion

Population
342
Christian
280
Hindu
2
Muslim
4
Other
2
No religion
37
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
182
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
19
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
273
England❚WN4 9LX❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
25
Unemployed
5
Retired
70
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
2
Detached
102
Semi detached
22
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
14
Two people
51
Three people
22
Four people
31
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

WN4 9NE WN4 9ND WN4 9NL WN4 9LF

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