Ashton-in-Makerfield North

Wigan · North West · population 8,023 · 5 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,214 of 6,856 in England
  • #452 of 932 in North West
  • #19 of 40 in Wigan
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,827
Median age (est.)45
Density1,840per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 22%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 65% · No religion 29% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Ashton-in-Makerfield North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,214 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (68) and lowest on Health (21). Typical homes here sold for about £208,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 76 sales), in line with the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,700 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,368 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 40 · #4,077
Employment 32 · #4,639
Education 44 · #3,823
Health 21 · #5,386
Crime 48 · #3,528
Housing & access 68 · #2,192
Living environment 59 · #2,795

House prices ?

£208,500median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£208,50076+4.2%+4.3%
Detached£292,75026-7.1%+21.5%
Semi-detached£191,00034+3.2%+9.5%
Terraced£156,50016+11.8%+55.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£208,500
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)£31,368±£4,415 · #6,105 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,003
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Ashton-in-Makerfield North 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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