Electoral wardE05015004
Lowton East ward, Wigan
Lowton East is one of 25 electoral wards of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,976 residents in 5,981 households — 1,218 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leigh and Atherton constituency.
Residents, 202113,976council ward average 13,173
Households5,9812.34 residents per household
Density1,218/ km²about 11.47 km² · Wigan 1,750
Aged 65+20.9%Wigan: 19.3% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 683
5–95.3% · 747
10–157.4% · 1,040
16–194.2% · 592
20–244.8% · 667
25–3412.1% · 1,696
35–4918.7% · 2,617
50–6421.5% · 3,008
65–7411.3% · 1,585
75–847.8% · 1,089
85+1.8% · 254
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.7% · 642
1 car or van40.1% · 2,400
2 cars or vans37.4% · 2,241
3 or more11.7% · 702
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wigan overall: 66.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 15.9% private rented.
Owned outright40.3% · 2,409
With mortgage40.2% · 2,405
Shared ownership1.0% · 58
Social rented7.6% · 455
Private rented10.8% · 645
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house39.1% · 2,341
Semi-detached house41.3% · 2,471
Terraced house15.7% · 937
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 206
Converted house0.3% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015004- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 21 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 South20.7% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned12,117LLeigh West16.6% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned13,581TTyldesley & 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.