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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
140
Population
361
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚WN7 2UR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
61

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
118
Married
85
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
30
Widowed
19

Health

Population
361
Very good
129
Good
121
Fair
68
Bad
37
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚WN7 2UR❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
28
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
115

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
313
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
15
Mixed Asian
6
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
6
Black African
8
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
319
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
1
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
7
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
7
China
2
India
1
Sri Lanka
3
Philippines
3

Religion

Population
361
Christian
254
Hindu
4
Muslim
5
Other
1
No religion
71
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
107
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
5
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚WN7 2UR❚
Full-Time employee
63
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
10
Unemployed
18
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
27
Long-term sick/disabled
43
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
24
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
81
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
6
Detached
5
Semi detached
90
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
16

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
41
Two people
38
Three people
29
Four people
16
Five people
9
Six people
5
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

WN7 2TL WN7 2AB WN7 2TW WN7 2EJ WN7 2TR WN7 2UA WN7 2TS WN7 2TX WN7 2UZ WN7 2UT WN7 2XB WN7 2UB WN7 2TZ WN7 2UG WN7 2UQ WN7 2UJ

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