Golborne

Wigan · North West · population 8,353 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,776 of 6,856 in England
  • #513 of 932 in North West
  • #23 of 40 in Wigan
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,267
Median age (est.)41
Density2,934per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van21%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 19%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary13%
Professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Golborne is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,776 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (64) and lowest on Health (25). Typical homes here, about £169,950 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 39% in five years (from 99 sales), 14% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £32,579 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,646
Employment 26 · #5,064
Education 27 · #4,982
Health 25 · #5,167
Crime 28 · #4,906
Housing & access 64 · #2,473
Living environment 34 · #4,529

House prices ?

£169,950median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£169,95099+6.2%+38.7%
Detached£280,00013+45.8%+39.0%
Semi-detached£185,00048+4.5%+42.3%
Terraced£142,00029-2.1%+38.9%
Flat£95,0009+3.3%
This area£169,950
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)£32,579±£4,543 · #5,808 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,955
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Golborne 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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