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Administrative Areas

Ward
Orrell
Local Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Makerfield
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
148
Population
341
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚WN5 8NL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
341
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
269
Single
77
Married
128
Separated
7
Divorced
33
Widowed
24

Health

Population
341
Very good
175
Good
104
Fair
39
Bad
17
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
269
England❚WN5 8NL❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
341
White British
330
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
341
England
320
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Portugal
1
Lithuania
1
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
USA
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
341
Christian
267
Muslim
2
No religion
37
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
164
Mining
1
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
21
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
233
England❚WN5 8NL❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
23
Unemployed
8
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
148
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
60
Rented - council
43
Rented - private landlord
15
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
150
Occupied
148
Unoccupied
2
Detached
43
Semi detached
41
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
148
One person
54
Two people
42
Three people
23
Four people
18
Five people
8
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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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