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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
128
Population
330
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚WN7 2UQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
63

Age Groups

Population
330
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
94
Married
86
Separated
14
Divorced
44
Widowed
7

Health

Population
330
Very good
133
Good
111
Fair
52
Bad
25
Very bad
44

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚WN7 2UQ❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
330
White British
303
White Irish
3
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
5
Asian Pakistani
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
330
England
309
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
3
Lithuania
2
Poland
5
Zimbabwe
1
India
3

Religion

Population
330
Christian
207
Buddhist
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
4
No religion
107
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
111
Manufacturing
10
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚WN7 2UQ❚
Full-Time employee
67
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
10
Unemployed
21
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
36
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
29
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
69
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
11

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
9
Detached
4
Semi detached
92
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
37
Two people
34
Three people
24
Four people
21
Five people
5
Six people
5
Seven 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