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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
115
Population
297
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚WN7 2TX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
48

Age Groups

Population
297
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
209
Single
85
Married
76
Civil partnership
4
Separated
6
Divorced
21
Widowed
17

Health

Population
297
Very good
132
Good
89
Fair
46
Bad
22
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
209
England❚WN7 2TX❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
16
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
88

Ethnicity

Population
297
White British
258
White Other
32
Mixed Other
1
Black African
5
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
297
England
270
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Lithuania
4
Poland
10
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
5

Religion

Population
297
Christian
206
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
No religion
74
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
92
Manufacturing
14
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
8
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚WN7 2TX❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
13
Unemployed
22
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
29
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
75
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
115
Unoccupied
2
Detached
10
Semi detached
95
Terraced
12

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
29
Two people
34
Three people
24
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
3
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

WN7 2TL WN7 2AB WN7 2TW WN7 2EJ WN7 2TY WN7 2UT WN7 2XB WN7 2TZ WN7 2UG WN7 2UQ WN7 2UY WN7 2UJ WN7 2UU WN7 2UH WN7 2UR

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