Electoral wardE05015002
Leigh South ward, Wigan
Leigh South is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,117 residents in 5,443 households — 1,910 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton and Worsley and Eccles constituencies.
Residents, 202112,117council ward average 13,173
Households5,4432.23 residents per household
Density1,910/ km²about 6.35 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+20.7%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 605
5–95.8% · 704
10–157.3% · 882
16–194.0% · 485
20–244.5% · 544
25–3411.9% · 1,446
35–4919.4% · 2,354
50–6421.3% · 2,584
65–7410.8% · 1,311
75–847.9% · 956
85+2.0% · 237
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.0% · 1,200
1 car or van42.5% · 2,311
2 cars or vans27.3% · 1,487
3 or more8.2% · 445
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright35.0% · 1,906
With mortgage29.4% · 1,601
Shared ownership0.7% · 36
Social rented20.6% · 1,119
Private rented14.1% · 765
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house16.4% · 893
Semi-detached house42.7% · 2,323
Terraced house30.9% · 1,685
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 501
Converted house0.4% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015002- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton, Worsley and Eccles
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 25
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 Central & Higher Folds15.9% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned17,543LLeigh 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.