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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
288
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚WN4 9PQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
288
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
236
Single
55
Married
142
Separated
3
Divorced
19
Widowed
17

Health

Population
288
Very good
151
Good
95
Fair
38
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
236
England❚WN4 9PQ❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
288
White British
284
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
288
England
281
Scotland
3
Ireland
2
Spain
1

Religion

Population
288
Christian
255
No religion
22
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
20
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚WN4 9PQ❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
21
Unemployed
7
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
10
Detached
37
Semi detached
80
Terraced
12

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
34
Two people
42
Three people
13
Four people
21
Five people
7
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

WA11 9DT WA12 0JQ WN4 9PH

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