Ince-in-Makerfield

Wigan · North West · population 8,235 · 5 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,346 of 6,856 in England
  • #781 of 932 in North West
  • #38 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,127
Median age (est.)37
Density1,545per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above17%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 35%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 17%Other: 12%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 17%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Process & plant 17% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Process & plant17%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades13%
Sales & customer service9%
Professional8%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 1%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 1%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 31% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Ince-in-Makerfield is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,346 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (52) and lowest on Health (4). Typical homes here, about £141,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 58 sales), 29% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £29,180 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,195
Employment 7 · #6,366
Education 5 · #6,490
Health 4 · #6,606
Crime 11 · #6,106
Housing & access 52 · #3,288
Living environment 35 · #4,440

House prices ?

£141,000median (12m) · +4.4% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£141,00058+4.4%+41.0%
Detached£153,5006+29.0%
Semi-detached£158,75026+2.4%+38.6%
Terraced£125,00026+8.2%+47.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£141,000
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)£29,180±£4,156 · #6,540 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,156
Price-to-income ?4.8×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Ince-in-Makerfield 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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