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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
278
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
66
England❚WN4 9NS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
36%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
48
Married
165
Separated
4
Divorced
14
Widowed
25

Health

Population
278
Very good
104
Good
109
Fair
49
Bad
15
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚WN4 9NS❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
88
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
272
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
267
Wales
4
Germany
1
Poland
5

Religion

Population
278
Christian
238
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
22
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
113
Manufacturing
11
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
15
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚WN4 9NS❚
Full-Time employee
66
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
21
Unemployed
8
Retired
62
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
85
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
1
Detached
83
Semi detached
41
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
33
Two people
59
Three people
21
Four people
12
Five people
2
Six 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