Platt Bridge & Spring View

Wigan · North West · population 9,337 · 5 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,113 of 6,856 in England
  • #723 of 932 in North West
  • #34 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,231
Median age (est.)38
Density1,405per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 21%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Process & plant 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Process & plant14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Platt Bridge & Spring View is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,113 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (59) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £163,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 102 sales), 18% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £31,689 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 17 · #5,708
Employment 10 · #6,140
Education 12 · #6,051
Health 6 · #6,442
Crime 4 · #6,606
Housing & access 59 · #2,815
Living environment 46 · #3,693

House prices ?

£163,500median (12m) · +5.5% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£163,500102+5.5%+47.3%
Detached£253,00021-4.6%+40.6%
Semi-detached£187,75028+14.7%+64.7%
Terraced£136,50050+3.6%+58.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£163,500
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)£31,689±£4,438 · #6,030 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,967
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Platt Bridge & Spring View 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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