Atherton South West
Wigan · North West · population 8,351 · 4 LSOAs
Part of Atherton South · Postcode M29 · M46 · WN7
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,782 of 6,856 in England
- #404 of 932 in North West
- #17 of 40 in Wigan
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 17% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 12% |
| Managers & directors | 11% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
| Elementary | 9% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 61% · No religion 32% · 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
Atherton South West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,782 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (83) but weak on Crime (24). Typical homes here, about £170,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 138 sales), 14% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #813 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,391 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £170,000 | 138 | -8.1% | +36.0% |
| Detached | £335,000 | 19 | 0.0% | +33.2% |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 33 | -2.7% | +41.0% |
| Terraced | £161,500 | 58 | +11.4% | +47.5% |
| Flat | £123,750 | 28 | +7.6% | +43.1% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #813 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Atherton South West 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.
Other areas in Wigan
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Kettering Town & WestNorth Northamptonshire45£230,500
- Felmingham, Worstead & HappisburghNorth Norfolk45£260,000
- Cleobury Mortimer, Burford & Ashford CarbonellShropshire45£276,500
- Staple Hill South & Kingswood North WestSouth Gloucestershire45£296,250
- Winchester StanmoreWinchester45£354,750
- Camberwell SouthSouthwark45£603,500