Pemberton South

Wigan · North West · population 7,968 · 5 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,427 of 6,856 in England
  • #612 of 932 in North West
  • #29 of 40 in Wigan
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,890
Median age (est.)42
Density4,714per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 15%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional11%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%

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 65% · No religion 29% · 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 South is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,427 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (93) but weak on Health (10). Typical homes here, about £150,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 87 sales), 25% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £30,256 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,084
Employment 19 · #5,530
Education 21 · #5,420
Health 10 · #6,140
Crime 15 · #5,832
Housing & access 93 · #471
Living environment 28 · #4,961

House prices ?

£150,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,000870.0%+31.6%
Detached£203,5006-11.7%-7.5%
Semi-detached£170,00041+6.9%+27.8%
Terraced£131,00035+2.3%+27.2%
Flat£98,0005
This area£150,000
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)£30,256±£4,246 · #6,345 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,101
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Pemberton South 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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