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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
181
Population
571
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
158
England❚WN7 2RS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
571
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
22%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
470
Single
120
Married
199
Civil partnership
1
Separated
7
Divorced
45
Widowed
98

Health

Population
571
Very good
238
Good
130
Fair
99
Bad
70
Very bad
45

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
470
England❚WN7 2RS❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
65
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
26
No qualifications
191

Ethnicity

Population
571
White British
534
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
2
White Other
14
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
571
England
533
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Italy
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
9
South Africa
1
India
1
Philippines
5
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
571
Christian
460
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Other
1
No religion
78
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
235
Manufacturing
34
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
12
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
347
England❚WN7 2RS❚
Full-Time employee
147
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
26
Unemployed
16
Retired
62
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
181
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
94
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
31
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
187
Occupied
181
Unoccupied
6
Detached
60
Semi detached
14
Terraced
71
Flat - purpose built
42

Household Size

All categoies
181
One person
68
Two people
34
Three people
37
Four people
36
Five people
4
Six 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