Electoral wardE05015003
Leigh West ward, Wigan
Leigh West is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,581 residents in 5,813 households — 2,044 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton and Makerfield constituencies.
Residents, 202113,581council ward average 13,173
Households5,8132.34 residents per household
Density2,044/ km²about 6.64 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+16.6%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 884
5–96.7% · 908
10–157.5% · 1,024
16–194.4% · 595
20–245.3% · 714
25–3415.3% · 2,074
35–4918.7% · 2,546
50–6419.1% · 2,591
65–749.5% · 1,286
75–845.3% · 726
85+1.8% · 239
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.3% · 1,530
1 car or van43.6% · 2,529
2 cars or vans24.4% · 1,417
3 or more5.7% · 331
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright25.4% · 1,476
With mortgage28.3% · 1,640
Shared ownership0.7% · 38
Social rented27.9% · 1,618
Private rented17.5% · 1,013
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house10.9% · 632
Semi-detached house51.5% · 2,992
Terraced house28.6% · 1,663
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 465
Converted house0.5% · 29
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015003- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton, Makerfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 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% owned11,943GGolborne & Lowton West19.7% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned11,410HHindley19.0% 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% owned12,117LLowton 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.