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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
156
Population
306
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚WN7 2RQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
306
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
80
Married
123
Separated
10
Divorced
28
Widowed
16

Health

Population
306
Very good
126
Good
100
Fair
50
Bad
25
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚WN7 2RQ❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
306
White British
295
White Irish
1
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Chinese
4
Black African
5

Country of Birth

Population
306
England
290
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Zimbabwe
5

Religion

Population
306
Christian
240
Other
1
No religion
51
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
152
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
9
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚WN7 2RQ❚
Full-Time employee
114
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
13
Unemployed
7
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
55
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
35
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
161
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
5
Detached
19
Semi detached
52
Terraced
39
Flat - purpose built
49
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
61
Two people
63
Three people
13
Four people
15
Five people
4

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