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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
125
Population
289
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚WN7 2XQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
42

Age Groups

Population
289
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
88
Married
81
Civil partnership
3
Separated
7
Divorced
29
Widowed
12

Health

Population
289
Very good
142
Good
66
Fair
52
Bad
23
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚WN7 2XQ❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
289
White British
258
White Irish
1
White Other
20
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
5
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
289
England
255
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
9
Nigeria
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
China
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
289
Christian
216
Buddhist
1
No religion
52
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
109
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
7
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
206
England❚WN7 2XQ❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
23
Unemployed
15
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
24
Rented - council
76
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
3
Detached
17
Semi detached
51
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
40
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
42
Two people
41
Three people
17
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

WN7 2XD WN7 2XF WN7 2XU WN7 2XY WN7 2XX WN7 2XT WN7 2XS WN7 2YF WN7 2YQ WN7 2XJ WN7 2XL WN7 2XN WN7 2XW

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