Hindley East

Wigan · North West · population 8,033 · 5 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,647 of 6,856 in England
  • #649 of 932 in North West
  • #31 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,985
Median age (est.)42
Density4,454per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above19%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 29%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Skilled trades13%
Elementary13%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 30% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Hindley East is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,647 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Health (10). Typical homes here, about £193,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 64% in five years (from 69 sales), in line with the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £31,533 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,324
Employment 13 · #5,941
Education 19 · #5,557
Health 10 · #6,168
Crime 15 · #5,811
Housing & access 82 · #1,225
Living environment 75 · #1,732

House prices ?

£193,000median (12m) · +18.4% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£193,00069+18.4%+63.6%
Detached£271,75020-15.7%+12.1%
Semi-detached£190,00035+15.2%+40.8%
Terraced£145,25014+16.2%+66.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£193,000
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)£31,533±£4,415 · #6,067 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,937
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Hindley East 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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