Electoral wardE05014991
Aspull, New Springs & Whelley ward, Wigan
Aspull, New Springs & Whelley is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,397 residents in 4,551 households — 792 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wigan constituency.
Residents, 202110,397council ward average 13,173
Households4,5512.28 residents per household
Density792/ km²about 13.13 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+23.1%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 475
5–95.1% · 534
10–156.6% · 687
16–194.2% · 435
20–245.0% · 522
25–3410.9% · 1,129
35–4917.7% · 1,845
50–6422.8% · 2,367
65–7412.2% · 1,266
75–848.6% · 899
85+2.3% · 238
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.9% · 770
1 car or van42.8% · 1,950
2 cars or vans30.6% · 1,394
3 or more9.6% · 438
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright43.1% · 1,965
With mortgage30.6% · 1,395
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented16.4% · 748
Private rented9.4% · 427
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house24.8% · 1,129
Semi-detached house52.4% · 2,384
Terraced house14.9% · 679
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 324
Converted house0.2% · 9
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014991- Constituency
- Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 25
Parishes in the ward
HaighWorthington
Other wards in the same constituency
DDouglas16.7% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned13,706HHindley19.0% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned13,235IInce14.2% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned12,451PPemberton16.4% aged 65+ · 49.0% owned13,908SShevington with Lower Ground & Moor24.6% aged 65+ · 85.1% owned12,176SStandish with Langtree20.5% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned14,952WWigan Central20.9% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned12,616WWigan West17.2% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned14,131
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.