Electoral wardE05014994
Atherton South & Lilford ward, Wigan
Atherton South & Lilford is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,245 residents in 6,488 households — 2,162 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton constituency.
Residents, 202114,245council ward average 13,173
Households6,4882.2 residents per household
Density2,162/ km²about 6.59 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+20.5%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 720
5–95.5% · 781
10–156.6% · 944
16–193.8% · 535
20–245.0% · 711
25–3412.8% · 1,828
35–4919.6% · 2,788
50–6421.2% · 3,019
65–7411.0% · 1,573
75–847.1% · 1,009
85+2.4% · 339
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.5% · 1,396
1 car or van43.7% · 2,835
2 cars or vans27.1% · 1,757
3 or more7.7% · 498
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.1% · 2,277
With mortgage33.0% · 2,139
Shared ownership0.7% · 45
Social rented11.3% · 735
Private rented19.7% · 1,278
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house16.1% · 1,043
Semi-detached house33.6% · 2,179
Terraced house36.6% · 2,378
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 771
Converted house0.4% · 25
Other conversion0.7% · 46
Above shop / office0.7% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014994- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAstley18.7% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned13,135AAtherton North16.5% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned13,809GGolborne & 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.