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Administrative Areas

Ward
Leigh South
Local Authority
Wigan
Constituency
Leigh
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
156
Population
323
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚WN7 3XF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
55

Age Groups

Population
323
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
112
Married
82
Separated
8
Divorced
42
Widowed
18

Health

Population
323
Very good
134
Good
96
Fair
57
Bad
30
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚WN7 3XF❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
323
White British
305
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Black African
6

Country of Birth

Population
323
England
304
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Lithuania
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
3
India
2
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
323
Christian
248
Hindu
5
Other
2
No religion
45
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
130
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚WN7 3XF❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
5
Unemployed
20
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
23
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
31
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
64
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
11
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
159
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
3
Detached
2
Semi detached
32
Terraced
125

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
55
Two people
56
Three people
28
Four people
13
Five people
4

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