Electoral wardE05014998
Hindley ward, Wigan
Hindley is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,235 residents in 5,862 households — 2,474 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Makerfield and Wigan constituencies.
Residents, 202113,235council ward average 13,173
Households5,8622.26 residents per household
Density2,474/ km²about 5.35 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+19.0%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 696
5–95.8% · 767
10–157.2% · 956
16–194.5% · 602
20–245.6% · 738
25–3413.0% · 1,718
35–4918.9% · 2,497
50–6420.8% · 2,748
65–749.9% · 1,309
75–846.9% · 914
85+2.2% · 292
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.3% · 1,541
1 car or van43.5% · 2,552
2 cars or vans22.9% · 1,343
3 or more7.3% · 426
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.8% · 1,749
With mortgage29.5% · 1,729
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented23.4% · 1,373
Private rented16.8% · 988
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house15.4% · 903
Semi-detached house40.8% · 2,390
Terraced house34.8% · 2,043
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 419
Converted house0.6% · 38
Other conversion0.3% · 19
Above shop / office0.8% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014998- Constituency
- Makerfield, Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbram15.4% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned15,825AAshton-in-Makerfield South22.2% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned11,098AAspull, New Springs & Whelley23.1% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned10,397BBryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North24.4% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned11,943DDouglas16.7% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned13,706GGolborne & Lowton West19.7% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned11,410HHindley Green20.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned14,041IInce14.2% aged 65+ · 41.3% owned12,451LLeigh West16.6% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned13,581OOrrell23.0% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned12,764PPemberton16.4% 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% owned12,616
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.