Wigan South

Wigan · North West · population 9,173 · 5 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,797 of 6,856 in England
  • #667 of 932 in North West
  • #32 of 40 in Wigan
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,029
Median age (est.)37
Density2,679per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above23%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 25%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 11%
One person 37%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 34% · Muslim 2%

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

Wigan South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,797 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (94) but weak on Health (7). Typical homes here, about £147,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 108 sales), 26% below the wider Wigan median of £198,750. Typical household take-home income is around £29,323 a year, among England's lowest.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 19 · #5,578
Employment 14 · #5,859
Education 17 · #5,708
Health 7 · #6,346
Crime 12 · #5,996
Housing & access 94 · #409
Living environment 39 · #4,200

House prices ?

£147,750median (12m) · -7.7% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£147,750108-7.7%+44.2%
Detached£255,0007-1.0%+34.2%
Semi-detached£156,37530-11.4%+27.7%
Terraced£140,00061-4.2%+60.0%
Flat£78,50010-10.5%-25.6%
This area£147,750
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)£29,323±£4,216 · #6,516 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,742
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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Wigan 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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