Electoral wardE05014997
Golborne & Lowton West ward, Wigan
Golborne & Lowton West is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,410 residents in 5,003 households — 1,758 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton and Makerfield constituencies.
Residents, 202111,410council ward average 13,173
Households5,0032.28 residents per household
Density1,758/ km²about 6.49 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+19.7%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 551
5–95.7% · 649
10–157.8% · 887
16–194.1% · 473
20–245.2% · 596
25–3413.4% · 1,532
35–4918.8% · 2,143
50–6420.4% · 2,330
65–7411.5% · 1,308
75–846.4% · 733
85+1.8% · 209
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.0% · 950
1 car or van44.1% · 2,204
2 cars or vans28.7% · 1,433
3 or more8.3% · 414
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright32.4% · 1,622
With mortgage32.1% · 1,605
Shared ownership0.8% · 38
Social rented17.4% · 870
Private rented17.2% · 861
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house16.0% · 800
Semi-detached house54.9% · 2,741
Terraced house21.3% · 1,064
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 301
Converted house0.5% · 24
Other conversion0.4% · 21
Above shop / office0.9% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014997- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton, Makerfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbram15.4% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned15,825AAshton-in-Makerfield South22.2% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned11,098AAstley18.7% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned13,135AAtherton North16.5% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned13,809AAtherton South & Lilford20.5% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned14,245BBryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North24.4% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned11,943HHindley19.0% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned13,235HHindley Green20.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned14,041IInce14.2% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned12,451LLeigh 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% owned13,976OOrrell23.0% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned12,764
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.