Beech Hill

Wigan · North West · population 7,815 · 5 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,112 of 6,856 in England
  • #566 of 932 in North West
  • #25 of 40 in Wigan
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,815
Median age (est.)40
Density3,168per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above23%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 25%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 65% · No religion 27% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Beech Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,112 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (87) but weak on Health (17). Typical homes here, about £170,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 89 sales), 14% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £32,246 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 29 · #4,893
Employment 20 · #5,509
Education 20 · #5,455
Health 17 · #5,688
Crime 21 · #5,400
Housing & access 87 · #903
Living environment 50 · #3,419

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00089+6.2%+44.1%
Detached£257,25010+2.4%
Semi-detached£180,00051+4.0%+28.6%
Terraced£149,00026+6.4%+45.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
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)£32,246±£4,512 · #5,896 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,566
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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Beech Hill 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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