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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
125
Population
275
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚WN5 8UU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
275
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
237
Single
84
Married
102
Separated
4
Divorced
25
Widowed
22

Health

Population
275
Very good
117
Good
99
Fair
40
Bad
13
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
237
England❚WN5 8UU❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
275
White British
268
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
275
England
266
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
275
Christian
218
No religion
37
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
143
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
12
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚WN5 8UU❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
21
Unemployed
5
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
17
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
12
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
3
Detached
44
Semi detached
29
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
37
Two people
48
Three people
21
Four people
16
Five people
3

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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