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Leigh North

Wigan · North West · population 8,287 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Leigh · Postcode M29 · WN7

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

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,243 of 6,856 in England
  • #751 of 932 in North West
  • #35 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,172
Median age (est.)39
Density3,008per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above21%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 32%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 33%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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 North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,243 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (61) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here sold for about £185,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 96 sales), 7% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £29,775 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 13 · #5,982
Employment 8 · #6,312
Education 12 · #6,003
Health 7 · #6,353
Crime 3 · #6,654
Housing & access 44 · #3,851
Living environment 61 · #2,644

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,00096-2.1%+16.0%
Detached£256,50014-0.9%+15.0%
Semi-detached£195,95045-10.1%+28.1%
Terraced£154,00032+6.2%+77.0%
Flat£50,0005-58.7%—
This area£185,000
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)£29,775±£4,173 · #6,445 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,650
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Leigh North 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.

Leigh Central Atherton South West Leigh West Hindley Green Leigh East & Higher Folds Westhoughton Daisy Hill (Bolton)

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