Hindley Green

Wigan · North West · population 8,523 · 5 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,925 of 6,856 in England
  • #328 of 932 in North West
  • #13 of 40 in Wigan
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,524
Median age (est.)46
Density3,316per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above23%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 6%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 66% · No religion 28% · 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 Green is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,925 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (65) and lowest on Health (34). Typical homes here, about £211,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 106 sales), 6% above the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #557 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,703 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 65 · #2,404
Employment 50 · #3,439
Education 43 · #3,885
Health 34 · #4,516
Crime 57 · #2,953
Housing & access 65 · #2,397
Living environment 58 · #2,850

House prices ?

£211,000median (12m) · +8.2% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£211,000106+8.2%+41.2%
Detached£302,50022+8.0%+30.4%
Semi-detached£219,00054+9.5%+46.0%
Terraced£150,00029+7.9%+31.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£211,000
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)£33,703±£4,752 · #5,434 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,373
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

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