Leigh and Atherton: wards and councils

The Leigh and Atherton constituency (North West) covers 10 council wards in 1 council area: Wigan (10). 6 of the wards are split with a neighbouring constituency. The 4 wards that lie wholly inside it had 59,573 residents in 26,557 households at the 2021 Census.

Wards10

Aged 65+18.3%

Homes owned64.4%

No car or van23.1%

Shares for the wards wholly inside the constituency.

Ward	Council	Residents	Households	People / km²	Aged 65+	Owned	No car
Astley	Wigan	13,135	5,394	775	18.7%	81.5%	10.2%
Atherton North	Wigan	13,809	6,051	3,577	16.5%	56.0%	27.4%
Atherton South & Lilford	Wigan	14,245	6,488	2,162	20.5%	68.1%	21.5%
Golborne & Lowton West	Wigan	11,410	5,003	1,758	19.7%	64.5%	19.0%
Hindley Green	Wigan	14,041	5,889	2,348	20.4%	78.1%	14.3%
Leigh Central & Higher Folds	Wigan	17,543	8,037	3,556	15.9%	55.8%	30.3%
Leigh South	Wigan	12,117	5,443	1,910	20.7%	64.4%	22.0%
Leigh West	Wigan	13,581	5,813	2,044	16.6%	53.7%	26.3%
Lowton East	Wigan	13,976	5,981	1,218	20.9%	80.5%	10.7%
Tyldesley & Mosley Common	Wigan	12,504	5,560	1,859	18.2%	64.9%	19.6%

10 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0

Wards and constituencies: ONS Open Geography Portal · Census 2021: ONS via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0