Electoral wardE05014996
Douglas ward, Wigan
Douglas is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,706 residents in 6,072 households — 3,487 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wigan constituency.
Residents, 202113,706council ward average 13,173
Households6,0722.26 residents per household
Density3,487/ km²about 3.93 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+16.7%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 891
5–96.1% · 840
10–156.9% · 944
16–193.7% · 507
20–246.3% · 862
25–3416.6% · 2,276
35–4918.6% · 2,546
50–6418.6% · 2,550
65–749.2% · 1,258
75–845.8% · 792
85+1.8% · 245
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.8% · 1,873
1 car or van44.9% · 2,729
2 cars or vans19.7% · 1,198
3 or more4.5% · 276
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright24.7% · 1,497
With mortgage26.7% · 1,619
Shared ownership0.3% · 16
Social rented25.2% · 1,528
Private rented22.8% · 1,386
Lives rent free0.4% · 26
Type of home
Detached house6.1% · 369
Semi-detached house51.2% · 3,108
Terraced house32.7% · 1,982
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 438
Converted house1.2% · 70
Other conversion1.0% · 59
Above shop / office0.7% · 41
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014996- Constituency
- Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAspull, New Springs & Whelley23.1% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned10,397HHindley19.0% 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.