New Springs

Wigan · North West · population 6,318 · 4 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,282 of 6,856 in England
  • #363 of 932 in North West
  • #15 of 40 in Wigan
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,258
Median age (est.)45
Density1,082per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above26%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 71% · No religion 24% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

New Springs sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,282 of 6,856 in England, and #15 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (71) and lowest on Health (31). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 86 sales), in line with the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #583 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,471 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 58 · #2,891
Employment 44 · #3,830
Education 47 · #3,631
Health 31 · #4,701
Crime 37 · #4,310
Housing & access 66 · #2,363
Living environment 71 · #1,993

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00086+5.0%+3.6%
Detached£272,50020+4.0%+7.1%
Semi-detached£181,00050+9.2%+8.4%
Terraced£165,00015-5.7%+33.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£190,000
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)£33,471±£4,674 · #5,511 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,158
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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering New Springs 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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