Tyldesley South

Wigan · North West · population 8,003 · 5 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,945 of 6,856 in England
  • #220 of 932 in North West
  • #8 of 40 in Wigan
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,006
Median age (est.)42
Density3,670per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above30%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 11%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 24%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Administrative 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Administrative13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · 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

Tyldesley South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,945 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 40 in Wigan. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (83) and lowest on Health (42). Typical homes here, about £255,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 47% in five years (from 84 sales), 29% above the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £39,456 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,274
Employment 63 · #2,548
Education 67 · #2,260
Health 42 · #3,995
Crime 65 · #2,418
Housing & access 79 · #1,465
Living environment 83 · #1,191

House prices ?

£255,500median (12m) · +1.2% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£255,50084+1.2%+46.8%
Detached£365,00027+0.3%+37.7%
Semi-detached£239,00045-4.4%+44.8%
Terraced£180,50011+6.2%+26.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£255,500
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)£39,456±£5,534 · #3,583 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,781
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Tyldesley 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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