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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
140
Population
322
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
113
England❚WN7 4ED❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
44

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
128
Married
68
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
32
Widowed
18

Health

Population
322
Very good
151
Good
87
Fair
57
Bad
18
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚WN7 4ED❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
63
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
26
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
71

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
277
White Irish
5
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
293
Nortern Ireland
1
Ireland
3
Germany
6
Italy
2
Lithuania
4
Poland
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
2
Sri Lanka
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
322
Christian
211
Hindu
5
Muslim
3
No religion
81
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
137
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚WN7 4ED❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
7
Unemployed
30
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
14

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
35
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
7
Detached
2
Semi detached
7
Terraced
126
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
50
Two people
37
Three people
31
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
2

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