Electoral wardE05014992
Astley ward, Wigan
Astley is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,135 residents in 5,394 households — 775 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton and Worsley and Eccles constituencies.
Residents, 202113,135council ward average 13,173
Households5,3942.44 residents per household
Density775/ km²about 16.94 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+18.7%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 712
5–96.4% · 845
10–157.8% · 1,023
16–194.0% · 528
20–244.2% · 551
25–3411.9% · 1,566
35–4919.8% · 2,598
50–6421.8% · 2,866
65–7411.4% · 1,502
75–845.8% · 762
85+1.4% · 187
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.2% · 547
1 car or van39.3% · 2,119
2 cars or vans39.2% · 2,110
3 or more11.4% · 613
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright40.3% · 2,176
With mortgage41.1% · 2,218
Shared ownership1.0% · 52
Social rented6.9% · 373
Private rented10.5% · 567
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house29.8% · 1,608
Semi-detached house54.1% · 2,918
Terraced house11.6% · 627
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 208
Converted house0.2% · 11
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.1% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014992- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton, Worsley and Eccles
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAtherton North16.5% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned13,809AAtherton South & Lilford20.5% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned14,245GGolborne & Lowton West19.7% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned11,410HHindley Green20.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned14,041LLeigh Central & Higher Folds15.9% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned17,543LLeigh South20.7% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned12,117LLeigh West16.6% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned13,581LLowton East20.9% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned13,976TTyldesley & Mosley Common18.2% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned12,504
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.