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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
122
Population
247
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚WN7 2YN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
47

Age Groups

Population
247
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
193
Single
63
Married
78
Separated
7
Divorced
30
Widowed
15

Health

Population
247
Very good
95
Good
77
Fair
43
Bad
28
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
193
England❚WN7 2YN❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
14
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
82

Ethnicity

Population
247
White British
224
White Other
11
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
247
England
220
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Lithuania
7
Poland
4
Middle East
4
India
1
Sri Lanka
2

Religion

Population
247
Christian
176
Muslim
5
No religion
55
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
88
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
176
England❚WN7 2YN❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
16
Unemployed
13
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
17
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
73
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
64
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
16

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
52
Two people
33
Three people
25
Four people
7
Five people
4
Six people
1

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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