Abram & Bickershaw

Wigan · North West · population 8,618 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,913 of 6,856 in England
  • #534 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 40 in Wigan
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,688
Median age (est.)37
Density1,085per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 13%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 13%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Abram & Bickershaw is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,913 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (44) and lowest on Crime (21). Typical homes here, about £170,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 93 sales), 14% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £32,332 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 38 · #4,228
Employment 30 · #4,776
Education 22 · #5,372
Health 21 · #5,393
Crime 21 · #5,441
Housing & access 39 · #4,159
Living environment 44 · #3,803

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · -2.9% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00093-2.9%+34.7%
Detached£315,00011+15.6%+31.3%
Semi-detached£205,00041+12.3%+62.4%
Terraced£125,00036+3.5%+43.7%
Flat£95,00050.0%
This area£170,000
Wigan£198,750
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£32,332±£4,542 · #5,869 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,935
Price-to-income ?5.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Abram & Bickershaw has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

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