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Astley, Blackmoor & Mosley Common

Wigan · North West · population 10,064 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode M28 · M29 · WA3 · WN7

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,623 of 6,856 in England
  • #188 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 40 in Wigan
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,442
Median age (est.)40
Density531per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 46%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 46%Social rent 8%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 32% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Astley, Blackmoor & Mosley Common is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,623 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (82) and lowest on Crime (42). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 186 sales), 38% above the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £39,154 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 74 · #1,746
Employment 72 · #1,911
Education 69 · #2,144
Health 54 · #3,145
Crime 42 · #4,008
Housing & access 82 · #1,205
Living environment 68 · #2,199

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · +5.8% yr · n=186
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,000186+5.8%+9.0%
Detached£395,000570.0%+24.6%
Semi-detached£258,00094+9.8%+20.0%
Terraced£230,37528+4.7%+51.1%
Flat£195,0007—+11.4%
This area£275,000
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)£39,154±£5,490 · #3,668 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,963
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Astley, Blackmoor & Mosley Common 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).

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Tyldesley South Leigh South East Leigh East & Higher Folds Tyldesley North Ellenbrook & Boothstown (Salford) Atherton South East & Tyldesley West

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