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Leigh West

Wigan · North West · population 8,390 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Leigh · Postcode WN2 · WN7

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,962 of 6,856 in England
  • #694 of 932 in North West
  • #33 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,322
Median age (est.)38
Density1,841per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above22%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 18%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 15%Other: 11%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 15%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 13% · Caring & leisure 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant12%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,962 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (40) and lowest on Health (7). Typical homes here, about £170,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 109 sales), 14% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £30,041 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,242
Employment 15 · #5,845
Education 10 · #6,140
Health 7 · #6,380
Crime 7 · #6,380
Housing & access 40 · #4,132
Living environment 36 · #4,392

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +21.4% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,000109+21.4%+25.5%
Detached£351,7506+32.2%+44.2%
Semi-detached£187,50050+10.9%+38.4%
Terraced£141,00050+11.0%+41.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£170,000
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)£30,041±£4,186 · #6,387 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,198
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

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

Abram & Bickershaw Leigh North Leigh Central Leigh South Lowton Common Hindley Green

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