Standish South

Wigan · North West · population 8,685 · 5 LSOAs

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

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,328 of 6,856 in England
  • #161 of 932 in North West
  • #3 of 40 in Wigan
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,336
Median age (est.)46
Density1,378per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 10%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 68% · No religion 26% · 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

Standish South is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,328 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (87) and lowest on Health (53). Typical homes here sold for about £248,950 over the past year, down 0% across five years (from 129 sales), 25% above the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #206 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £39,332 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 76 · #1,636
Employment 67 · #2,253
Education 82 · #1,266
Health 53 · #3,199
Crime 65 · #2,390
Housing & access 77 · #1,554
Living environment 87 · #869

House prices ?

£248,950median (12m) · -3.5% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£248,950129-3.5%-0.4%
Detached£357,00049-4.8%+25.7%
Semi-detached£232,00047-2.1%+36.7%
Terraced£152,00022-2.1%+3.9%
Flat£156,50011-3.1%+7.9%
This area£248,950
Wigan£198,750
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Household income

Net household income (a year)£39,332±£5,483 · #3,624 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,574
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 ?

97Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Standish 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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