Electoral wardE05014989
Abram ward, Wigan
Abram is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,825 residents in 6,466 households — 1,297 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Makerfield constituency.
Residents, 202115,825council ward average 13,173
Households6,4662.45 residents per household
Density1,297/ km²about 12.20 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+15.4%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 977
5–96.7% · 1,060
10–157.3% · 1,153
16–194.6% · 724
20–246.4% · 1,011
25–3414.2% · 2,245
35–4920.8% · 3,288
50–6418.5% · 2,924
65–749.3% · 1,471
75–844.8% · 758
85+1.4% · 214
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.2% · 1,439
1 car or van43.0% · 2,783
2 cars or vans27.3% · 1,768
3 or more7.5% · 483
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.3% · 1,895
With mortgage31.5% · 2,035
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented17.3% · 1,118
Private rented21.5% · 1,393
Lives rent free0.2% · 15
Type of home
Detached house13.8% · 895
Semi-detached house42.8% · 2,766
Terraced house35.3% · 2,281
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 460
Converted house0.6% · 38
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014989- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshton-in-Makerfield South22.2% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned11,098BBryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North24.4% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned11,943GGolborne & Lowton West19.7% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned11,410HHindley19.0% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned13,235HHindley Green20.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned14,041IInce14.2% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned12,451LLeigh West16.6% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned13,581OOrrell23.0% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned12,764WWinstanley20.3% aged 65+ · 92.4% owned11,653WWorsley Mesnes21.2% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned12,107
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.