Leigh East & Higher Folds
Wigan · North West · population 9,280 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #5,139 of 6,856 in England
- #570 of 932 in North West
- #26 of 40 in Wigan
- More deprived (bottom 30%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 16% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Managers & directors | 12% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Elementary | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Process & plant | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 62% · No religion 30% · Muslim 2%
Born outside the UK: 7%
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
Leigh East & Higher Folds is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,139 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (68) and lowest on Health (17). Typical homes here, about £192,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 89 sales), in line with the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £32,880 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £192,500 | 89 | -12.5% | +28.3% |
| Detached | £322,500 | 20 | -7.9% | +30.6% |
| Semi-detached | £212,300 | 30 | -5.4% | +33.5% |
| Terraced | £136,000 | 22 | -9.9% | +5.4% |
| Flat | £124,000 | 17 | +3.3% | +7.9% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #2,978 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Leigh East & Higher Folds 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).
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Wigan
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Yeovil TownSomerset25£177,500
- Lostwithiel & PenwithickCornwall25£238,000
- ChallneyLuton25£310,000
- Upper HorfieldBristol, City of25£337,500
- Hayes Town & Lake FarmHillingdon25£520,000
- Heaton South & Byker NorthNewcastle upon Tyne25£192,000