"To be and to feel economically secure is to live with dignity,
to be able to seize opportunities and to have a sense of hope
for the future. That requires sufficient and predictable resources,
of income and wealth, in relation to the costs and burdens of life.
But it also rests on secure work and a secure home, on education,
on good health, and on support and time for caring. It is sustained
by relationships of family, friends and community." — Graeme Cooke,
Director of Insight and Policy, JRF.
This is the Economic Insecurity spotlight page for West Lancashire.
Proportion of the population living in fuel poverty
Poverty index
This map shows the result of creating a poverty index for economic insecurity
by combining a number of leading indicators of poverty into a single number in the range 0 to 1.
A score closer to 0 means that the model is suggesting lower levels of economic insecurity in this area.
Ashurst
0.485Aughton and Downholland
0.485Aughton Park
0.485Birch Green
0.485Burscough East
0.485Burscough West
0.485Derby
0.485Digmoor
0.485Halsall
0.485Hesketh-with-Becconsall
0.485Knowsley
0.485Moorside
0.485North Meols
0.485Parbold
0.485Rufford
0.485Scarisbrick
0.485Scott
0.485Skelmersdale North
0.485Skelmersdale South
0.485Tanhouse
0.485Tarleton
0.485Up Holland
0.485Wrightington
0.485Bickerstaffe
0.485Newburgh
0.485
In the context of this model, a value closer to 1 indicates that a given place tends to rank higher relative to other places in metrics that
we have identified as contributing to economic insecurity. This does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to experience poverty in those
places, however.
How we calculate the index
The highest and lowest values will score 1 and 0, respectively, and everything else will fall
somewhere in between.
We create an average index across 6 metrics
economic inactivity
unemployment
mean weekly wage
median weekly wage
claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16-64
proportion of households that are fuel poor
This is a proof of concept. You can see the code and read more about the logic to create these stats here.
Key indicators
The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of West Lancashire.
This chart shows the percentage of households in fuel poverty across the different
areas in West Lancashire.
In West Lancashire 6492
of 49532 households are in fuel poverty.
Ashurst
8.7% of households are fuel poorAughton and Downholland
11.9% of households are fuel poorAughton Park
8.7% of households are fuel poorBirch Green
14.9% of households are fuel poorBurscough East
8.6% of households are fuel poorBurscough West
12.0% of households are fuel poorDerby
16.3% of households are fuel poorDigmoor
17.2% of households are fuel poorHalsall
15.8% of households are fuel poorHesketh-with-Becconsall
12.9% of households are fuel poorKnowsley
11.5% of households are fuel poorMoorside
17.4% of households are fuel poorNorth Meols
14.6% of households are fuel poorParbold
11.3% of households are fuel poorRufford
10.3% of households are fuel poorScarisbrick
15.7% of households are fuel poorScott
13.7% of households are fuel poorSkelmersdale North
13.5% of households are fuel poorSkelmersdale South
15.0% of households are fuel poorTanhouse
13.5% of households are fuel poorTarleton
12.4% of households are fuel poorUp Holland
11.2% of households are fuel poorWrightington
12.5% of households are fuel poorBickerstaffe
18.3% of households are fuel poorNewburgh
14.7% of households are fuel poor
Percentage of people in low income households by their savings and investments
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by the savings and investments of adults in the family in West Lancashire.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household
income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
Percentage of jobs below living wage by gender and hours
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the percentage of jobs that are paid below living wage in West Lancashire.
Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".
This chart shows the gender pay gap as a percentage differenece in West Lancashire.
Gender pay gap (GPG) is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) of men. For example, a 4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% less, on
average, than men. Conversely, a -4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% more, on average, than men.
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All: 12.4Median gap (%)
Full-Time: 13.9Median gap (%)
Part-Time: 0Mean gap (%)
All: 18.8Mean gap (%)
Full-Time: 18.8Mean gap (%)
Part-Time: 0Go to the start of bar chart
People in low income households by ethnic group
What's on this chart?
This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in West Lancashire.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.
This method helps smooth erratic series and so give more robust estimates as the FRS sample size
and coverage issues mean that single year results broken down below the level of UK region are
unlikely to be reliable.
This chart shows the poverty rates by marital/cohabiting status in West Lancashire.
The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.
These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on
statXplore.