Pemberton North

Wigan · North West · population 6,622 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,496 of 6,856 in England
  • #625 of 932 in North West
  • #30 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,603
Median age (est.)42
Density1,819per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 25%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 12%Other: 12%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 12%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%

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 61% · No religion 32% · 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

Pemberton North is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,496 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here, about £190,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 50% in five years (from 92 sales), in line with the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £29,948 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,180
Employment 15 · #5,797
Education 19 · #5,523
Health 12 · #6,044
Crime 27 · #5,009
Housing & access 80 · #1,383
Living environment 42 · #3,947

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +8.6% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00092+8.6%+49.9%
Detached£284,12520-14.0%-9.4%
Semi-detached£191,25036+0.7%+43.3%
Terraced£140,00035+15.7%+45.8%
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)£29,948±£4,189 · #6,411 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,796
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Pemberton 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).

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