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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
139
Population
335
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚WN4 9PL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
290
Single
96
Married
112
Separated
7
Divorced
31
Widowed
44

Health

Population
335
Very good
150
Good
103
Fair
49
Bad
29
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
290
England❚WN4 9PL❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
93

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
320
White Irish
4
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
316
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Poland
4
Middle East
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
335
Christian
279
No religion
45
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
154
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
12
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
228
England❚WN4 9PL❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
15
Unemployed
3
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
16
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
42
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
5
Detached
26
Semi detached
39
Terraced
59
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
40
Two people
60
Three people
19
Four people
13
Five people
5
Six people
1
Seven 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