Electoral wardE05014993
Atherton North ward, Wigan
Atherton North is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,809 residents in 6,051 households — 3,577 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton constituency.
Residents, 202113,809council ward average 13,173
Households6,0512.28 residents per household
Density3,577/ km²about 3.86 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+16.5%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 823
5–96.9% · 947
10–157.7% · 1,067
16–194.1% · 567
20–245.3% · 731
25–3415.0% · 2,072
35–4919.1% · 2,641
50–6419.4% · 2,681
65–749.3% · 1,279
75–845.6% · 780
85+1.6% · 222
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.4% · 1,659
1 car or van43.5% · 2,634
2 cars or vans23.2% · 1,404
3 or more5.9% · 356
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright27.7% · 1,678
With mortgage28.3% · 1,711
Shared ownership0.3% · 16
Social rented28.8% · 1,745
Private rented14.3% · 867
Lives rent free0.6% · 39
Type of home
Detached house8.2% · 495
Semi-detached house50.4% · 3,049
Terraced house28.2% · 1,708
Purpose-built flat11.4% · 688
Converted house0.5% · 32
Other conversion0.2% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014993- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAstley18.7% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned13,135AAtherton 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.