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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
127
Population
310
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚WN7 2YS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
48

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
231
Single
99
Married
71
Separated
12
Divorced
31
Widowed
18

Health

Population
310
Very good
112
Good
113
Fair
55
Bad
22
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
231
England❚WN7 2YS❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
18
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
289
White Irish
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
4
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
284
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Nigeria
2
Zimbabwe
4
Hong Kong
1
India
4
Pakistan
2
USA
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
203
Hindu
4
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
88
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
97
Manufacturing
14
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
7
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚WN7 2YS❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
13
Unemployed
21
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
28
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
12
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
79
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
3
Detached
4
Semi detached
79
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
42
Two people
31
Three people
27
Four people
21
Five people
2
Seven people
2
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

WN7 2UP WN7 2YD WN7 2UW WN7 2XZ WN7 2YP WN7 2YG WN7 2YH WN7 2YL WN7 2YJ WN7 2YW 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