Leigh South East

Wigan · North West · population 7,497 · 5 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,160 of 6,856 in England
  • #574 of 932 in North West
  • #28 of 40 in Wigan
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,391
Median age (est.)44
Density2,533per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 17%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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 South East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,160 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (59) and lowest on Health (17). Typical homes here, about £185,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 79 sales), 7% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £31,148 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,659
Employment 21 · #5,434
Education 30 · #4,817
Health 17 · #5,674
Crime 24 · #5,201
Housing & access 59 · #2,795
Living environment 28 · #4,927

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · +18.6% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,00079+18.6%+25.4%
Detached£374,0009+18.7%+71.6%
Semi-detached£230,00027+15.0%+37.6%
Terraced£155,00037+17.5%+47.6%
Flat£117,9756+26.2%+50.3%
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)£31,148±£4,354 · #6,152 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,010
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Leigh South East 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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