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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
129
Population
287
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚WN7 2UW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
60

Age Groups

Population
287
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
104
Married
62
Separated
13
Divorced
24
Widowed
17

Health

Population
287
Very good
117
Good
94
Fair
45
Bad
22
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚WN7 2UW❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
9
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
84

Ethnicity

Population
287
White British
257
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
8

Country of Birth

Population
287
England
249
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
3
Lithuania
5
Poland
1
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
3
Philippines
3

Religion

Population
287
Christian
189
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
73
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
96
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
8
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚WN7 2UW❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
10
Unemployed
30
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
34
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
14
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
100
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
4
Detached
4
Semi detached
63
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
40
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
57
Two people
28
Three people
18
Four people
13
Five people
10
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

WN7 2YD WN7 2YE WN7 2YS WN7 2YZ WN7 2YY WN7 2YT WN7 2YG WN7 2YH WN7 2YL WN7 2YR WN7 2YJ WN7 2YN

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