Electoral wardE05014990
Ashton-in-Makerfield South ward, Wigan
Ashton-in-Makerfield South is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,098 residents in 4,738 households — 1,781 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Makerfield constituency.
Residents, 202111,098council ward average 13,173
Households4,7382.34 residents per household
Density1,781/ km²about 6.23 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+22.2%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 502
5–95.2% · 574
10–157.3% · 805
16–194.1% · 459
20–245.1% · 569
25–3411.6% · 1,289
35–4918.3% · 2,026
50–6421.7% · 2,410
65–7412.1% · 1,339
75–847.9% · 872
85+2.3% · 256
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.4% · 775
1 car or van41.7% · 1,975
2 cars or vans31.4% · 1,486
3 or more10.6% · 501
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 1,936
With mortgage35.8% · 1,697
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented7.1% · 335
Private rented15.9% · 755
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house25.1% · 1,192
Semi-detached house51.3% · 2,433
Terraced house19.2% · 910
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 132
Converted house0.5% · 24
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.8% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014990- Constituency
- Makerfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbram15.4% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned15,825BBryn 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.