Douglas is an electoral ward in Wigan, England. It forms part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, as well as the parliamentary constituency of Wigan. Douglas has a high level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average.

The rate of unemployment in Douglas is both higher than the average for and higher than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe hard. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 25% higher in Douglas than the national average, suggesting that many people maybe under employed or on a low salary.

The percentage of residents in Douglas rating their health as ‘very good’ is less than the national average. Also, the percentage of residents in Douglas rating their health as ‘very bad’ is more than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Douglas is generally worse than in the average person in England.

Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Douglas has 20% less Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.