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Lowton

Wigan · North West · population 9,575 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Lowton · Postcode WA12 · WA3

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,431 of 6,856 in England
  • #168 of 932 in North West
  • #5 of 40 in Wigan
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,958
Median age (est.)45
Density986per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above33%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 7%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Lowton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,431 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (90) and lowest on Health (50). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 163 sales), 36% above the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £37,565 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 79 · #1,410
Employment 71 · #1,979
Education 79 · #1,458
Health 50 · #3,460
Crime 58 · #2,857
Housing & access 58 · #2,843
Living environment 90 · #711

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · +5.9% yr · n=163
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,000163+5.9%+22.8%
Detached£342,50074+4.1%+22.3%
Semi-detached£250,00071+3.3%+38.9%
Terraced£160,00015+18.5%+10.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£270,000
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)£37,565±£5,263 · #4,183 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,290
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lowton 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.

Golborne Lowton Common Newton-le-Willows (St. Helens) Ashton-in-Makerfield East Haydock East (St. Helens) Leigh West

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