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Laithwaite & Marsh Green

Wigan · North West · population 9,169 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode WN5 · WN6

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

1Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,791 of 6,856 in England
  • #913 of 932 in North West
  • #40 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,048
Median age (est.)34
Density2,671per km²
No qualifications33%
Degree or above15%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 22%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 60%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 60%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 22%Other: 11%
One person 30%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 22%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 25% · Process & plant 16% · Caring & leisure 16%

All occupation groups
Elementary25%
Process & plant16%
Caring & leisure16%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional7%
Professional7%
Managers & directors5%
Administrative5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Laithwaite & Marsh Green is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,791 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #40 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (82) but weak on Education (0). Typical homes here, about £137,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 58% in five years (from 30 sales), 31% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £26,886 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 2 · #6,730
Employment 1 · #6,805
Education 0 · #6,833
Health 2 · #6,750
Crime 2 · #6,716
Housing & access 69 · #2,109
Living environment 82 · #1,225

House prices ?

£137,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=30
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£137,00030+5.0%+57.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£142,00011+9.2%+42.0%
Terraced£130,00017-3.3%+65.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£137,000
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)£26,886±£3,866 · #6,763 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,588
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Laithwaite & Marsh 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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Nearby areas

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