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Wigan East

Wigan · North West · population 7,243 · 5 LSOAs

Part of Wigan · Postcode WN1 · WN2

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,641 of 6,856 in England
  • #857 of 932 in North West
  • #39 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,230
Median age (est.)42
Density5,516per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above17%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 30%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 16%Social rent: 47%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 16%Social rent 47%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 46%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 14%Other: 10%
One person 46%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 14%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Process & plant 15% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Process & plant15%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional9%
Professional9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 3%Mixed: 1%Other: 2%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 3%Mixed 1%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 30% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Wigan East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,641 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #39 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (78) but weak on Health (1). Typical homes here, about £135,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 59% in five years (from 40 sales), 32% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £24,247 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 7 · #6,360
Employment 2 · #6,716
Education 4 · #6,599
Health 1 · #6,785
Crime 1 · #6,764
Housing & access 78 · #1,513
Living environment 25 · #5,153

House prices ?

£135,000median (12m) · +12.5% yr · n=40
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£135,00040+12.5%+58.8%
Detached£285,0006——
Semi-detached£184,0006+11.9%+47.2%
Terraced£124,00027+18.1%+65.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£135,000
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)£24,247±£3,491 · #6,839 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,339
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

10Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

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

Official sources

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