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Administrative Areas

Ward
Leigh East
Local Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Leigh
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
132
Population
274
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚WN7 1PU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
79
Married
111
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
15
Widowed
27

Health

Population
274
Very good
110
Good
103
Fair
41
Bad
19
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚WN7 1PU❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
43
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
70

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
262
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
263
Scotland
3
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Poland
3

Religion

Population
274
Christian
226
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
No religion
32
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
139
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
7
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚WN7 1PU❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
16
Unemployed
4
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
3
Detached
7
Semi detached
62
Terraced
65
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
39
Two people
57
Three people
25
Four people
9
Five people
2

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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