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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
151
Population
215
Males
60%
Females
40%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
129
England❚WN7 2YQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
66

Age Groups

Population
215
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
194
Single
114
Married
32
Civil partnership
2
Separated
13
Divorced
23
Widowed
10

Health

Population
215
Very good
51
Good
83
Fair
55
Bad
23
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
194
England❚WN7 2YQ❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
16
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
215
White British
200
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black African
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
215
England
197
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Nigeria
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
China
2
Hong Kong
1

Religion

Population
215
Christian
132
Other
1
No religion
66
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
86
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
1
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
180
England❚WN7 2YQ❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
18
Unemployed
37
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
16
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
16

Housing Tenure

All categoies
151
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
118
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
151
Unoccupied
2
Detached
2
Semi detached
48
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
87
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
151
One person
108
Two people
26
Three people
13
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

WN7 2DQ WN7 2EN WN7 2EP WN7 2TP WN7 2EH WN7 2EL WN7 2EY WN7 2ET WN7 2EX WN7 2EZ WN7 2EU WN7 2FQ WN7 2XA WN7 2XD WN7 2XF WN7 2FN WN7 2XU WN7 2XY WN7 2XX WN7 2XE WN7 2XQ WN7 2XT WN7 2YF WN7 2XG WN7 2XH WN7 2XJ WN7 2XL WN7 2XN

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