Worsley Mesnes & Hawkley
Wigan · North West · population 7,138 · 5 LSOAs
Postcode WN3
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #2,863 of 6,856 in England
- #321 of 932 in North West
- #10 of 40 in Wigan
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 13% |
| Associate professional | 12% |
| Caring & leisure | 12% |
| Elementary | 11% |
| Process & plant | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 9% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 68% · No religion 27% · Muslim 1%
Born outside the UK: 3%
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
Worsley Mesnes & Hawkley is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,863 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 40 in Wigan. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Health (35). Typical homes here sold for about £185,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 93 sales), 7% below 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, #296 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £32,406 a year, in the bottom third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £185,000 | 93 | +2.8% | +23.3% |
| Detached | £250,000 | 15 | -13.0% | +6.4% |
| Semi-detached | £184,750 | 64 | +2.6% | +23.2% |
| Terraced | £146,500 | 14 | +2.8% | +45.0% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #296 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Worsley Mesnes & Hawkley 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
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Wigan
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Farsley South, Stanningley & Pudsey North WestLeeds58£225,000
- CullomptonMid Devon58£251,500
- Burbage St CatherinesHinckley and Bosworth58£287,000
- Biggleswade WestCentral Bedfordshire58£320,000
- Abingdon SouthVale of White Horse58£325,000
- Owermoigne, Broadmayne & WinterbourneDorset58£358,000