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• 09 February 2012

  ONS Mid Year Population estimates by ethnic group 2009

  This data has recently been released by ONS for 2009 and is available for all English Local Authority Districts but unfortunately not sub-district level.
  
  
  
  The 2009 data is now on WISDOM and you can access it through the Interactive Maps module under the Demographics theme.
  
  
  
  The data shows that Wigan Borough's estimated % of population who are from BME communities (i.e. none White British) stands at 5.00%.
  
  

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• 09 February 2012

  ONS Mid Year Population Estimates 2010

  The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published the latest mid year population estimates.
  
  
  
  Quinary age groups are available at MSOA, Ward and Township geographies.
  
  Broad age band groups are available at LSOA geography.
  
  
  
  The data can be best visualised through the Profiles module under the Demographics theme, or click below:
  
  
  
  http://wisdom.wiganlife.com/profiles/profile?profileId=7&geoTypeId=

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• 25 January 2012

  House Prices (average sales prices)

  This dataset comes from the Land Registry and is comprehensive; capturing all changes of ownership for all dwelling types and covers both cash sales and those involving a mortgage. The mean, or average, price is the total value of all transactions divided by the total number of transactions. Prices at the extremes of the range have been excluded from the calculation of the price distribution statistics because they distort the figures making them unrepresentative of price levels in the rest of the transactions.
  
  
  
  Data is available at MSOA level and can be accessed through interactive maps, housing theme.
  
  

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• 25 January 2012

  Business Enterprise Local Units by Broad Industry Group

  Data on the borough's business units and the sectors that they belong to has been uploaded with data for 2010. The data shows that Wigan has an above average proportion of Production, Construction, Retail business units compared to the rest of the country, with lower than average Agricultural/Forestry/Fishing, Information & Communication and Professional/Scientific & Technical business units. This data can help gauge what kinds of sectors the borough's residents work in, although this indicator doesn't give an indication of how many people are employed in each of these units.
  
  
  
  Data is available at Middle Super Output Area, Ward and Township spatial levels. It can be accessed from the homepage via interative maps and then the Economic Activity themes.
  
  

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• 23 January 2012

  Fuel Poverty (DECC)

  This dataset contains the indicator "% of all households who are fuel poor". A household is said to be in fuel poverty if it needs to spend more than 10% of its income on fuel to maintain a satisfactory heating regime.
  
  
  
  Data is available at output area level, lower super output area level, ward and township. It can be accessed from the homepage via interative maps and then the deprivation theme.
  
  

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