Electoral wardE05015001
Leigh Central & Higher Folds ward, Wigan
Leigh Central & Higher Folds is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 17,543 residents in 8,037 households — 3,556 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton constituency.
Residents, 202117,543council ward average 13,173
Households8,0372.18 residents per household
Density3,556/ km²about 4.93 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+15.9%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 1,048
5–95.5% · 961
10–156.6% · 1,159
16–194.1% · 713
20–245.9% · 1,034
25–3416.6% · 2,904
35–4919.8% · 3,470
50–6419.8% · 3,465
65–748.7% · 1,522
75–845.5% · 968
85+1.7% · 291
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.3% · 2,433
1 car or van44.2% · 3,555
2 cars or vans20.6% · 1,655
3 or more4.9% · 392
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright27.5% · 2,210
With mortgage28.3% · 2,271
Shared ownership0.3% · 27
Social rented14.5% · 1,163
Private rented29.3% · 2,355
Lives rent free0.1% · 11
Type of home
Detached house11.5% · 926
Semi-detached house26.2% · 2,106
Terraced house46.4% · 3,727
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 884
Converted house1.9% · 152
Other conversion1.7% · 138
Above shop / office1.2% · 100
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015001- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 25
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAstley18.7% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned13,135AAtherton North16.5% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned13,809AAtherton South & Lilford20.5% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned14,245GGolborne & Lowton West19.7% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned11,410HHindley Green20.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned14,041LLeigh 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.