Electoral wardE05015000
Ince ward, Wigan
Ince is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,451 residents in 5,403 households — 2,028 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Makerfield and Wigan constituencies.
Residents, 202112,451council ward average 13,173
Households5,4032.3 residents per household
Density2,028/ km²about 6.14 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+14.2%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 747
5–96.5% · 814
10–158.4% · 1,045
16–194.8% · 604
20–246.1% · 758
25–3414.3% · 1,777
35–4920.0% · 2,489
50–6419.7% · 2,454
65–748.5% · 1,064
75–844.4% · 542
85+1.3% · 160
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van36.2% · 1,957
1 car or van41.4% · 2,237
2 cars or vans17.8% · 960
3 or more4.6% · 249
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright20.9% · 1,132
With mortgage20.4% · 1,100
Shared ownership0.2% · 12
Social rented38.3% · 2,069
Private rented19.7% · 1,065
Lives rent free0.5% · 27
Type of home
Detached house6.5% · 353
Semi-detached house44.9% · 2,427
Terraced house33.5% · 1,813
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 720
Converted house1.1% · 59
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.5% · 28
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015000- Constituency
- Makerfield, Wigan
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 13 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% owned11,410HHindley19.0% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned13,235HHindley Green20.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned14,041LLeigh 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.